The hypoplastic mitral valve. When should a left atrial-left ventricular extracardiac valved conduit be used?
Limited experimental and clinical experience with extracardiac bypass of the mitral valve has been reported. We describe the case history of a 3-year-old child in whom a left atrial-left ventricular valved conduit was successfully used to bypass a severely hypoplastic parachute mitral valve. The potential applications of this unconventional surgical option are reviewed.
A
A
Corno
S
S
Giannico
S
S
Leibovich
E
E
Mazzera
C
C
Marcelletti
D000790:Angiocardiography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*