Repair of Double Orifice Left AV Valve (DOLAVV) with Endocardial Cushion Defect in Adult
Vivek Velayudhan Pillai1, Jayakumar Karunakaran1
1Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
Double orifice left atrioventricular valve (DOLAVV) or double orifice mitral valve (DOMV) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly manifesting either as an isolated lesion (mitral stenosis or mitral insufficiency) or in association with other congenital cardiac defects. Signs of mitral valve disease are usually present along with the symptoms of associated coexistent congenital heart diseases. Mitral insufficiency due to annular dilatation is seen when DOLAVV is associated with endocardial cushion defects. Surgical intervention like mitral valve repair or replacement is required in 50% of patients and yields good results. We report a case of a 56-year-old lady who successfully underwent surgical correction of DOLAVV with partial atrioventricular canal defect.
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