Ross-Konno Procedure With Cylinder Mitral Valve Replacement in 49 Days Old Infant

Abstract

A neonate with antenatally diagnosed severe aortic valve stenosis, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, left ventricular endocardial fibroelastosis, and severe mixed mitral valve disease was admitted to our center for balloon aortic valvuloplasty. On day 49, we performed a Ross-Konno procedure and mitral valve replacement on the baby, whose weight was 3.4 kg. Right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery continuity was restored with a handmade trileaflet Gore-Tex conduit. We used a handmade cylindrical prosthesis made from decellularized equine pericardium in the mitral position. We observed improvement in left ventricular function and good performance of aortic, pulmonary, and mitral prostheses at four months of follow-up.

Keywords

infant Ross-Konno operation mitral valve replacement cylinder prosthesis

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