A long-term follow-up of a girl with dilated cardiomyopathy after mitral valve replacement and septal anterior ventricular exclusion

J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Sep 23:4:53. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-4-53.

Abstract

We treated a 10 year 11 month old girl with severe mitral valve regurgitation, stenosis and dilated cardiomyopathy, presented with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification IV. She acutely developed cardiogenic shock with a dyskinetic anterior-septal left ventricle and entered a shock state during our consultation about heart transplantation. Septal-anterior ventricular exclusion and mitral valve replacement were performed emergently. She successfully recovered from cardiogenic shock. Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter and fractional shortening improved from 71.5 mm (188.0% of normal) to 62.5 mm (144.2% of normal) and 7.6% to 18.3% respectively. Furthermore, her serum BNP decreased from 2217.5 pg/ml to 112.0 pg/ml. Her cardiac function has remained stable for 7 years since the procedures were performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / pathology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / complications
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / surgery
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Shock, Cardiogenic* / etiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome