What procedure was most recently performed on this patient?
Correct Answer: Mitral-valve repair
Description: Answer A. Mitral-valve repairThe peripheral-blood smear showed schistocytes, spherocytes, and polychromasia suggestive of hemolytic anemia. Following mitral-valve repair, some patterns of the regurgitant flow disturbances associated with high shear stress are responsible for the hemolysis. Transesophageal echocardiography in this patient showed a jet of mild transvalvular mitral regurgitation. The hemolysis resolved after mitral-valve replacement.
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