A case of partial atrioventricular canal with discrete subvalvular aortic stenosis worsened 3 years after the replacement of the mitral valve
Iseki, H.; Katougi, T.; Yozu, R.; Hachiya, T.; Onoguchi, K.; Yasudo, M.; Nakamichi, T.; Kawada, S.; Takeuchi, M.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 47(3): 224-227
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 8114392 Document Number: 429317
The extension of the left ventricular outflow tract is provoked by a partial atrioventricular canal, and is easy to cause stenosis after a radical operation and/or a replacement of the left atrioventricular valve because of its anatomical structure. This report shows a case of a partial atrioventricular canal with a discrete subvalvular aortic stenosis which was worsened three years after the replacement of mitral valve. In this case the left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) had been found before the replacement of mitral valve but it was kept observing without surgical treatment because the degree was judged slight. Subvalvular aortic stenosis was worsened three years after the replacement. It was suspected that the stenosis developed because of the proliferation of heterologous tissue by a turbulent flow of a site of stenosis. For this diagnosis, the transesophageal echocardiography was very effective, and in this case the cause of LVOTO is uncertain, so a careful observation is necessary for it.