Abstract
A 2-month-old female infant weighing 4.2 kg was admitted with severe congestive heart failure and respiratory distress. The patient was operated upon under a diagnosis of severe congenital mitral regurgitation and ventricular septal defect. There was thickening of the anterior leaflet and short thickened chordae. The valve was judged not amenable to repair and it was replaced with a 17 mm St. Jude Medical valve. She was extubated on the 5th postoperative day. Post operative anti-coagulant therapy was initiated with warfarin potassium, dipyridamole and ticlopidine hydrochloride. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient is doing well 9 months after the operation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 577-579 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 7 |
State | Published - 1997/07 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine