The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 91, 848-851, Copyright © 1986 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
The hypoplastic mitral valve. When should a left atrial-left ventricular extracardiac valved conduit be used?
A Corno, S Giannico, S Leibovich, E Mazzera and C Marcelletti
Limited experimental and clinical experience with extracardiac bypass of
the mitral valve has been reported. We describe the case history of a
3-year-old child in whom a left atrial-left ventricular valved conduit was
successfully used to bypass a severely hypoplastic parachute mitral valve.
The potential applications of this unconventional surgical option are
reviewed.