Diagnosis of complications following valvular surgery is established by echocardiographic examination, principally with transesophageal echocardiography and three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography. Valvular perforation is very rarely seen and is particularly related to infective endocarditis. We present the case of a patient with valvular perforation that occurred in the early postoperative period and was diagnosed using 3D echocardiography.
Keywords: Surgery, perforation, echocardiography