title: [Valve replacement for congenital mitral stenosis--a case report and a review of Japanese literature].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ootaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*