title: The long-term results of commissure plication annuloplasty for congenital mitral insufficiency.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mitral valve repair in the pediatric population remains demanding because of a diversity of apparatus anomalies and the young age of the patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed our clinical results for mitral valve repairs for congenital mitral insufficiency. Forty-nine consecutive patients aged 2 months to 34 years (mean, 4.4 years) had mitral valve repair between June 1984 and December 1996. Forty-one patients (83.7%) had associated cardiac anomalies. The predominant pathologies for the regurgitations were chordal anomalies in 34 patients (69%), annular dilatation in 8 (16%), and leaflet anomalies in 7 (14%). Mitral valve repair included commissure plication annuloplasty in 43 patients (88%), modified DeVega in 11, cleft closure in 5, plication of the anterior leaflet in 3, triangular resection of the anterior leaflet in 2, chordal shortening in 1, and placement of artificial chordae in 1. Several combined techniques were required in 19 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no early or late deaths. The follow-up period was from 6 to 166 months (mean, 88.4 months). Forty-seven patients (95.9%) were in New York Heart Association class I. The long-term echocardiographic studies showed that 2 of 30 patients without reoperation had moderate regurgitation. The actuarial freedom from reoperation was 85.6% (95% confidence limits, 72.8%, 98.4%) at 13 years. Five patients (10.2%) required valve replacement from 13 days to 75 months after the valve repair. Two patients had cerebral ischemic events as a result of cardiomegaly and atrial fibrillation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Valve repair for congenital mitral insufficiency gave adequate results in combination with commissure plication annuloplasty and other techniques with excellent long-term functional status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University. ohno@mxu.mesh.ne.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiramatsu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome