Mitral Valve Re-Repair in an Adolescent Patient with Prosthetic Ring Endocarditis: Posterior Leaflet Augmentation and Posterior Strip Annuloplasty

作者：Choi Jong Bum^*; Kim Kyung Hwa; Kim Min Ho; Kim Won Ho

来源：Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2012, 27(5): 560-562.

DOI：10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01519.x

Endocarditis after mitral valve (MV) annuloplasty is uncommon. The ring used in MV annuloplasty is often inadequate because it opposes the growth of the MV leaflets and annulus. We report a 15-year-old male that required redo surgery for prosthetic ring endocarditis 40 months after a previous MV annuloplasty. After the previous ring was removed, the undergrown posterior leaflet was repaired with pericardial augmentation and the posterior annulus was stabilized with a Mitra-Lift (R) supra-annular strip to preserve a flexible valve orifice and allow the anterior MV annulus and the commissures to grow in relation to body size. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01519.x (J Card Surg 2012;27:560-562)

• 出版日期2012-9