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Jacques T Janson1, Barend Fourie2, Pierre Goussard2
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Franci Van Zijl Drive, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa. jjanson@sun.ac.za.
Pediatric Cardiology
|March 15, 2025
Abstract:
Saphenous vein has been used successfully to repair the mitral valve in adults. We describe the use of a saphenous vein patch to repair a large defect in the anterior mitral valve leaflet in a child with infective endocarditis to avoid a mechanical mitral valve replacement.
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