Abstract
The surgery of the mitral valve in children is a particular challenge because of the variety of lesions requiring surgical management, feasibility of conservation of the native valve is the first concern of the surgeon
Highlights
Background/Introduction The surgery of the mitral valve in children is a particular challenge because of the variety of lesions requiring surgical management, feasibility of conservation of the native valve is the first concern of the surgeon
Aims/Objectives Our aim is to evaluate the results of conservative mitral valve surgery at mid term
10 patients were operated on from January 2009 to January 2014 for lesions of the mitral valve (AVCD were excluded from this study), age was between 04 and 16 years, 40% male, the lesion was mitral regurgitation in all cases, the lesions were congenital origin in 07 of 10 cases, associated lesions in 20% (2 cases) the presence of atrial septal defect (OS), 10 % (1 case) coarctation of the aorta in 10% (1 case) VSD in 10% (1 cases) and the association of functional tricuspid insufficiency associated requiring treatment
Summary
Background/Introduction The surgery of the mitral valve in children is a particular challenge because of the variety of lesions requiring surgical management, feasibility of conservation of the native valve is the first concern of the surgeon. Mid-term results of mitral valve repair for pure mitral regurgitation in children Abdelmalek Bouzid*, Salim Chibane, Mohamed Atbi, Halima Larbi, Boukri Hamouda, Redha Djilali-Sayeh, Youcef Larabi, Tarek Hamdi, Sami Bouchenafa, Ramdan A Ould Abderrahmane
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