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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 80, 782-787, Copyright © 1980 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Left atrial--left ventricular conduit for relief of congenital mitral stenosis in infancy

H Laks, WE Hellenbrand, C Kleinman and NS Talner

Severe congenital mitral stenosis in the infant poses a difficult problem. We present the case history of an infant in whom a left atrial- -left ventricular apical conduit was used to bypass a severely hypoplastic mitral valve. Associated coarctation of the aorta, patent ductus arteriosus, and ventricular septal defect were corrected at the same time. This method of circumventing the mitral valve offers a new approach to the relief of congenital mitral hypoplasia in small infants.

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