title: [Surgical treatment for endocardial cushion defect in an elderly patient with pulmonary hypertension].
abstract: We performed surgery for a partial endocardial cushion defect (ECD) in a 67-year-old female patient with pulmonary hypertension. The patient had grade 2 tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension (Pp/Ps = 0.58, Rp = 8.4 Um2). The operative procedure involved patch closure of the ostium primum and tricuspid annuloplasty with a Carpentier ring. The postoperative course was uneventful and the pulmonary hypertension improved (Pp/Ps = 0.33). Surgery for partial ECD should be recommended even for elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shiiku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.lastname: Izumiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery