Surgical repair of complete atrioventricular septal canal defects with absent posterior leaflet.
We report 2 cases of absence of the posterior (left mural) leaflet in complete atrioventricular septal defect. Closure of the atrioventricular septal defect was successfully accomplished in both cases. We describe the technique of left atrioventricular valve repair that led to a competent reconstructed valve.
Sim
E K
EK
Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Black
M D
MD
Smallhorn
J
J
Williams
W G
WG
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*