The extended transseptal approach to the mitral valve replacement has been used for 30 patients. There were 19 women and 11 men. Twenty five patients had rheumatic heart disease, 4 had degenerative valve, and 1 had valve prolapse. Fifteen of 30
patients
had other associated procedure ; 10 had aortic valve replacement ; 5 had tricuspid annuloplasty. There were no postoperative complications associated with the approaches, ie, no bleeding, no sinus node dysfuction and no atrioventricular
conduction
disturbance. Despite division of the sinus node artery, preoperative atrial rhythms (3 sinus rhythms and 27 atrial fibrillations) were not changed during postoperative period. The extended transseptal approach provides good mitral valve exposure
without
inherent complications and is superior to that of standard approach, so we use it routinely for mitral valve procedure.
(Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;28:579-82)
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