ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Successful combined operation for mitral insufficiency and atrial fibrillation in a 12 year-old patient

Francisco Gregori Jr^I; Samuel Silva da Silva^I; Ulisses Alexandre Croti^II; Sergio Shiguero Hayashi^II; Icanor Antônio Ribeiro^II; Pedro Aloizio Kreling^I

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76381996000200011

ABSTRACT

A combined mitral reconstructive surgery and Cox-maze operation without cryoablagao was performed in a 12-year-old female patient for the correction of a rheumatic mitral insufficiency and chronic atrial fibrillation. One year postoperative the patient was assymptomatic, in sinusal rhythm and no murmurs were observed. The Doppler echocardiogram showed an important reduction of the left atrial diameter and the cardiac catheterism confirmed an effective atrial systole.

RESUMO

Plastia valvar mitral combinada com cirurgia de COX (labirinto) foi realizada em uma paciente de 12 anos, para correção de insuficiência mitral reumática e fibrilação atrial crônica. Um ano após a cirurgia, a paciente encontra-se assintomática e em ritmo sinusal. O ecodopplercardiograma mostrou redução importante do átrio esquerdo e o cateterismo, assim como o ecodopplercardiograma confirmaram sístole atrial efetiva.

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Article receive on Sunday, March 31, 1996