TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitral valve replacement with the pulmonary autograft in children
T2 - A word of caution
AU - Talwar, Sachin
AU - Sinha, Pranava
AU - Moulick, Achintya
AU - Jonas, Richard
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - A 41/2-month-old patient who underwent mitral valve replacement for congenital mitral stenosis using a pulmonary autograft is reported. Failure of the autograft resulted in pulmonary hypertension, leading to pulmonary regurgitation in the reconstructed right ventricular outflow tract, then tricuspid regurgitation, refractory right heart failure, and death. Caution should be exercised in applying this procedure with children, particularly those at risk for pulmonary hypertension.
AB - A 41/2-month-old patient who underwent mitral valve replacement for congenital mitral stenosis using a pulmonary autograft is reported. Failure of the autograft resulted in pulmonary hypertension, leading to pulmonary regurgitation in the reconstructed right ventricular outflow tract, then tricuspid regurgitation, refractory right heart failure, and death. Caution should be exercised in applying this procedure with children, particularly those at risk for pulmonary hypertension.
KW - Congenital mitral valve disease
KW - Mitral valve replacement
KW - Pulmonary autograft
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U2 - 10.1007/s00246-009-9431-4
DO - 10.1007/s00246-009-9431-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 19357909
AN - SCOPUS:68449098697
SN - 0172-0643
VL - 30
SP - 831
EP - 833
JO - Pediatric Cardiology
JF - Pediatric Cardiology
IS - 6
ER -
