title: Maze procedure and homograft replacement of a rheumatic mitral valve.
abstract: A 64-year-old woman presented with congestive heart failure due to severe mitral valve stenosis and chronic atrial fibrillation. A Maze III procedure was performed, and the mitral valve replaced with a mitral homograft. Postoperatively, the patient regained normal sinus rhythm, had trivial mitral regurgitation, regained her atrial transport function, and had improved myocardial function.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Division of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Intinarelli
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Merrick
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D003452:Cryosurgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous