title: [Successful correction of incomplete endocardial cushion defects in an elderly patient].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shin'oka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sasahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sueshiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans