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CASE REPORT article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Heart Valve Disease
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1425900

Title：Case Report: Allograft Aortic Valve Replacement in Irreparable Infant Mitral Valve

Provisionally accepted
Yuqing Niu Yuqing Niu 1Shaoxian Cheng Shaoxian Cheng 2Nianguo Dong Nianguo Dong 1*Cheng Zhou Cheng Zhou 1*
  • 1 Department of Cardiac surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • 2 Jingshan People’s Hospital, Jingmen, China

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    This case report describes a 3-month-old male infant diagnosed with severe mitral stenosis (MS) and mitral regurgitation (MR) by transthoracic echocardiography. The male infant initially underwent complex mitral valve repair surgery. However, postoperative deterioration occurred with hemodynamic instability and shock, necessitating multiple resuscitation efforts and ultimately requiring support from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Given the serious conditions, the cardiac team decided to perform mitral valve replacement with a fresh allograft aortic valve. Postoperatively, the patient was promptly weaned off ECMO support, and the valve demonstrated sustained functionality throughout the long-term follow-up.

    Keywords: Mitral valve repair, Mitral regurgitation (MR), Mitral valve disease, allograft aortic valve, infants

    Received: 30 Apr 2024; Accepted: 12 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Niu, Cheng, Dong and Zhou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Nianguo Dong, Department of Cardiac surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
    Cheng Zhou, Department of Cardiac surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China

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