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Valve replacement using prolonged extracorporeal circulatory bypass was successfully performed in an infant with severe congenital mitral stenosis.
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This case demonstrates the feasibility of prolonged extracorporeal circulatory bypass for successful valve replacement in an infant with severe congenital mitral stenosis.
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Successful in one infant case; leaves open broader safety and applicability in congenital mitral stenosis.
CONGENITAL mitral stenosis, sufficiently severe to cause recurrent heart failure and syncopal episodes in infancy, is rarely compatible with life beyond two years of age.1 Except for 1 reported case of recovery following "blind" finger fracture of a stenotic valve in a three-month-old baby,2 all patients in the infant age group have failed to survive attempts at surgical correction. Of 15 patients with this isolated anomaly for whom surgery was attempted, the 4 other survivors were six years of age or older. The present case is reported because it demonstrates the feasibility of prolonged extracorporeal circulatory bypass in a small . . .
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Young et al. (1964) conducted a case report in Congenital mitral stenosis (n=1). Valve replacement with prolonged extracorporeal circulatory bypass was evaluated on Survival / feasibility of prolonged extracorporeal circulatory bypass. Valve replacement using prolonged extracorporeal circulatory bypass was successfully performed in an infant with severe congenital mitral stenosis.
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