The patient had minimally-invasive mitral valve repair approximately using a small right thoracotomy.This repair consisted of gore-tex neochordae placed to the a2 and p2 scallops of the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets supplemented with a 38 mm sorin memo 3d rechord annuloplasty band.Completion transesophageal echocardiography at that time revealed a well-seated band.A follow up tte at the 3 week mark which showed a stable mitral repair.Another tte two weeks later revealed a rocking annuloplasty band.Patient returned to operating room (or) and it was determined that approximately 2/3rds of the circumference of the prior annuloplasty band had dehisced completely from the mitral valve annulus.
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