title: Association of secundum atrial septal defect and mitral lesion in childhood: a case report.
abstract: The association of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and congenital or acquired mitral lesions is rare. Only one case of secundum ASD and mitral lesion, in a three-year-old girl, has been encountered over a three-year period in this hospital. Diagnosis was not difficult with echocardiography, and was confirmed by operation. Surgical procedures including repair of ASD and annuloplasty of the mitral valve were performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. The mitral valve lesion was found during the operation to be of a congenital origin. Mitral lesions should not be neglected, and repair should be attempted even in a pediatric patient. Otherwise, anatomical and functional disorders of the mitral valve may develop at the early postoperative stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Fuwai Heart Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R.C.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*