Mitral Valve Replacement with a Pulmonic Autograft.
- Author:
Jae Won LEE
1
;
Kun Il KIM
;
Sung Ho JUNG
;
Esther CHOI
;
Meung Gun SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Transplantation, autologous;
Mitral valve, replacement
- MeSH:
Aortic Valve;
Arteries;
Atrial Fibrillation;
Autografts*;
Coronary Artery Bypass;
Female;
Humans;
Korea;
Middle Aged;
Mitral Valve*;
Transplantation, Autologous
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2001;34(4):361-364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The pulmonic autograft as a replacement for the diseased aortic valve has become increasingly popular due to the potential to do away with anticoagulation and superior durability. There has not been any case of mitral valve replacement with pulmonic autograft reported in Korea. A 53-year-old female patient with rheumatic mitral steno-insufficiency, chronic atrial fibrillation, tricuspid insufficiency, and obstruction of the left circumflex artery, received mitral valve replacement using pulmonic autograft, maze procedure, tricuspid valvuloplasty and coronary artery bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful with a well functioning pulmonic autograft in the mitral position on echocardiogram. She is currently doing well without anticoagulation.
