Transventricular mitral annuloplasty in a patient undergoing partial left ventriculectomy.
A 70-year-old male patient with heart failure resulting from dilated cardiomyopathy underwent a partial left ventriculectomy between the papillary muscles and a newly devised transventricular mitral annuloplasty. Intraoperative transesophageal Doppler echocardiography revealed reduced ventricular dimensions and corrected mitral insufficiency with unchanged ventricular filling patterns, allowing prompt recovery despite unchanged myocardial pathology.
Batista
R J
RJ
Vilela Batista Heart Foundation, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Kawaguchi
A T
AT
Shimura
S
S
Bocchino
L O
LO
Karamanoukian
H L
HL
Koide
S
S
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome