Nontransplant Cardiac Surgery: as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy

AUTOR(ES)

Hsu, Ron-Bin

RESUMO

Partial left ventriculectomy and mitral valve repair, alone or in combination, have been used successfully to treat adult patients with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy, yet the clinical results of this procedure in small children have been described only rarely. We report 2 cases of nontransplant cardiac surgery in small children with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy. The 1st patient received both a partial left ventriculectomy and mitral valve repair; the 2nd received only mitral valve repair. Subsequently, both underwent successful heart transplantation.

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