title: [Parachute mitral valve coexisting with complex congenital heart defect. Successful multistage surgical treatment].
abstract: Type parachute valve is a very rare bicuspid valve congenital anomaly. When signs of dysfunction are noted the valve has to be replaced with an artificial one. The case describes a 7-year old girl suffering from complex congenital heart defect: coarctation of the aorta followed by hypoplastic aortic arch, ventricular septal defect and parachute mitral valve. In the neonatal period the girl had been operated on by the subclavian floppy aortoplasty method due to coarctation of the aorta. At the age of 2, another surgical correction was performed: ventricular sept defect closure simultaneously with mitral valvuloplasty. In infancy she failed to thrive, also signs of heart failure had been observed which resulted from increasing mitral valve stenosis and III grade mitral insufficiency. These findings in with artificial valve replacement (type Sorin O 23 mm). Procedure has been performed by the left atrium. Post operational period was uneventful. Proper function of the implanted valve has been observed with no perivalvular leakage and left atrium diameter has been normalized.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Kardiologii Dzieciecej, Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krzystolik-Ladzińska
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wites
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wites
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gołba
authors.forename: Bogusław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazurek
authors.forename: Lesław
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szydłowski
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography