title: [Surgical treatment of double-orifice mitral valve associated with incomplete-type endocardial cushion defect].
abstract: We report surgical treatment of double-orifice mitral valve (DOMV) associated with incomplete-type endocardial cushion defect. All three cases had "central type DOMV classified by Cascos" with bridging tissue between two mitral orifices. We closed mitral cleft in the two cases with moderate mitral regurgitation, although we left the bridging tissue. It is thought to be beneficial to leave the bridging tissue undivided to avoid postoperative mitral regurgitation in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery