The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 70, 712-716, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Quadruple valve commissurotomy
JB Borman, A Appelbaum, M Hirsch, KL Wanderman and M Gueron
A 12-year-old girl in congestive heart failure was diagnosed to be
suffering from severe polyvalvular disease due to a combination of
congenital and rheumatic lesions. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated
stenotic lesions of all the heart valves. The child underwent quadruple
valve commissurotomy and is symptom free and thriving 2 years later.