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Aortic and mitral valve repair in a child with rheumatic heart disease
Igor E Konstantinov1, Natasha Bocchetta1, Valerii Iaprintsev2,3
1Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Abstract:
The patient had rheumatic heart disease, which resulted in severe aortic and mitral valve regurgitation. Repair of both valves was performed at 9 years of age. During surgery, the retracted aortic valve cusps required extension with bovine pericardial patches and suture reduction annuloplasty, and the mitral valve was repaired using a Cosgrove-Edwards (Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, CA) annuloplasty band. Post-operative echocardiography showed no regurgitation in either valve. The patient is doing well at 2 years of follow-up.
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