title: Total circular annuloplasty with absorbable suture for the repair of left atrioventricular valve regurgitation in atrioventricular septal defect.
abstract: To obtain a better control of left atrioventricular valve regurgitation, we applied total circular annuloplasty with the use of absorbable sutures to 14 children with atrioventricular septal defect (six complete forms and eight incomplete forms). In the intraoperative period, a good coaptation of the leaflets was achieved and the regurgitation was minimized or disappeared. Follow-up studies with echocardiography for 13 survivors showed a gradual increase of annular size during the postoperative period. Ten patients of the survivor group (77%) maintained good valvular competency in a long-term period. Total circular annuloplasty is a simple and effective procedure to reduce the regurgitation and prevent the annular dilatation during the immediate postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatebe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinonaga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*