[Valve replacement for congenital mitral stenosis--a case report and a review of Japanese literature].
A 3-year-old girl with congenital mitral stenosis associated with severe pulmonary hypertension was successfully operated upon. The mitral stenosis was a commissural fusion type with severe infravalvular changes. First attempt to fix regurgitation with mitral commissurotomy was unsuccessful, which was followed by prosthetic valve replacement. Her postoperative course was uneventful. A review of Japanese literatures is reviewed as well.
Kasahara
M
M
Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ishikawa
S
S
Satou
Y
Y
Ootaki
A
A
Tabata
H
H
Morishita
Y
Y
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*