The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 77, 230-233, Copyright © 1979 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Surgical treatment for a complicated congenital aortic stenosis. The association of a three-level obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract with mitral incompetence, coarctation of the aorta, and the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
A Vanetti, P Donzeau-Gouge, R Frank, M Fourati, J Evans, MB Ismail and P Daumet
We report a case of complex congenital aortic stenosis with obstruction at
all three levels of the left ventricular outflow tract (subaortic, aortic,
and supravalvular aortic stenoses) associated with a mitral malformation,
coarctation of the aorta, and the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The
subaortic stenosis was corrected by excision and myotomy, and the
supravalvular stenosis by a widening prosthetic operation with a Dacron
patch extending as far as the aortic ring, at which level a Bjork-Shiley
No. 17 aortic prosthesis was inserted. The mitral valve was replaced by a
Lillehei-Kaster prosthesis. The coarctation of the aorta was not
significant and was left alone. Permanent pacing was needed because of
peroperative surgical section of the bundle of His. Reviews of the
literature and the various techniques used to widen the left ventricular
outflow tract are included.