Rupture of the left ventricular wall after mitral valve replacement is an
infrequent but lethal complication. Reporting correction technique of
ventricular rupture with bovine pericardium patch secured with glue and without
suturing: a 51 years-old female patient, with double rheumatic mitral lesion,
severe stenosis and discrete insufficiency, who had a mitral valve replacement.
During surgery, the patient presented a ventricular rupture of the posterior
wall (atrioventricular disruption), which was successfully repaired using bovine
pericardium with sutureless biological glue over the epicardium of the damaged
area. Sixty months after surgery the patient has no symptoms.