%0 Journal Article %T Perforaci¨®n cardiaca asociada a cirug¨ªa de reemplazo valvular mitral %A Quir¨®s Alp¨ªzar %A Jos¨¦ Luis %A Miranda Sol¨ªs %A Lisa %A Sevilla Acosta %A Fabricio Jos¨¦ %J Revista Costarricense de Cardiolog¨ªa %D 2011 %I Asociaci¨®n Costarricense de Cardiolog¨ªa %X a 55 years old female patient with a history of epilepsy, was admitted for elective cardiac surgery. mitral valve replacement was performed with bioprosthesis, the surgery was complicated by a left ventricular laceration that ultimately resulted in the death of the patient during the postoperative period. the autopsy findings are presented %K mitral valve replacement surgery %K complications %K left ventricle rupture %K autopsy. %U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1409-41422011000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en