[Successful correction of incomplete endocardial cushion defects in an elderly patient].
We have experienced surgical correction of incomplete ECD in a 66-year-old female patient. This is the oldest case in Japanese literatures. Preoperative examination showed mild mitral regurgitation, interatrial shunt (L-R 52%) and moderate pulmonary hypertension (Pp/Ps 0.48). The correction consisted of valvuloplasty of mitral valve and patch closure of ostium primum. The postoperative course was uneventful. The postoperative catheterization showed improved cardiac function.
Shin'oka
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital.
Kuji
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Sasahashi
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Sueshiro
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Tomino
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D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans