title: Mitral valve replacement using a porcine xenograft for treatment of IHSS--A case report.
abstract: Recently we treated a 24-year-old female IHSS patient by mitral valve replacement, using a porcine xenograft valve. Following surgery, clinical manifestations improved markedly and postoperative cardiac catheterization revealed that the pressure gradient between left ventricle and aorta had dropped to a minimum compared with the pre-operative value of 104 mmHg and end-diastolic pressure of the left ventricle had returned to normal level.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous