Pericardial patch repair of the left atrioventricular valve in atrioventricular septal defect: long-term changes in the patch

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2009 Mar-Apr;18(2):119-22. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.12.006. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Abstract

A 31-year-old woman with partial atrioventricular septal defect underwent left atrioventricular valve (LAVV) replacement. Her initial repair was at 8 years of age. At 23 years of age, she underwent reoperation due to a combination of severe left ventricular outlet obstruction and moderate LAVV regurgitation. At that reoperation, she had a Dacron patch enlargement of the infundibular septum and repair of her LAVV with a xenograft (bovine) pericardial patch sutured into the superior bridging leaflet. LAVV replacement was required 8 years later because of valve insufficiency. There was a perforation in the patch with fibrosis, thickening due to pannus, and calcification of the pericardial tissue and the leaflet tissue, leading to stiffening of the tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Calcinosis
  • Cattle
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Heart Valves / pathology
  • Heart Valves / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Pericardium / surgery*
  • Pericardium / transplantation
  • Polyethylene Terephthalates
  • Reoperation
  • Transplantation, Heterologous
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Polyethylene Terephthalates