Background Pediatric patients with atrioventricular valve disease have limited options for
prosthetic valve replacement in sizes< 15 mm. Based on successful experience with the …

Objective Acute outcomes after atrioventricular canal defects (AVCD) surgery in the current
era are excellent; yet despite surgical advances,∼ 15% of patients require future left …

Objectives Mitral valve replacement (MVR) in young children is limited by the lack of small
prostheses. Our institution began performing MVR with modified, surgically placed, stented …

Background Shone's complex is a rare lesion affecting the mitral valve (MV) and left
ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). The objective of this study is to report the outcomes after …

Background: Congenital lesions of the mitral valve are relatively rare and are associated
with a wide spectrum of cardiac malformations. The surgical management of congenital …

The group from Boston Children's has taken on to characterize and study and analyze a very
difficult group of patients, namely those with residual or recurrent left atrioventricular valve …

The mitral valve is defined as the inlet valve to the anatomic left ventricle, regardless of
ventriculoarterial concordance. Congenital mitral valve disease frequently occurs in …

OBJECTIVES Parachute left atrioventricular valve (LAVV) complicates atrioventricular septal
defect (AVSD) repair. We evaluate outcomes of AVSD patients with parachute LAVV and …

Methods: We conducted a literature search using online database PubMed, Web of Science,
and Embase for English literatures up to Sep, 2021. We also consulted standard textbooks …

The development of percutaneous structural interventions in patients with acquired heart
disease is happening at an exponential rate, and some of this technology is being used to …