"Splint" Mitral Valve Repair for Destructive Endocarditis in Children. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Medical management of infective endocarditis in the pediatric population has an associated in-hospital mortality rate of up to 25%. In the past, infective endocarditis of the mitral valve was surgically managed with a valve replacement. Now, there is a shift toward repair. However, for complex lesions in pediatric patients, many institutions are still hesitant to perform a mitral valve repair. We describe the cases of three children with destructive mitral valve endocarditis and risk factors for higher perioperative mortality and morbidity who were successfully treated with a complex mitral valve repair with "splint" patch plasty of the posteromedial commissure.

publication date

  • August 21, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial
  • Mitral Valve

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85059798990

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/2150135117751914

PubMed ID

  • 30126326

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 1