Starnes procedure for severe left atrioventricular valve regurgitation

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Feb;25(2):140-142. doi: 10.1177/0218492315604545. Epub 2016 Jul 20.

Abstract

We present the case of a 19-day-old girl with incomplete atrioventricular septal defect, muscular ventricular septal defect, and severe left atrioventricular valve regurgitation. We attempted biventricular repair with left atrioventricular valve repair; however, we could not control the regurgitation. Moreover, the commercially available prosthetic valve was too large to implant. Thus we switched intraoperatively to a univentricular repair. We successfully performed patch closure of the left atrioventricular valve (Starnes procedure), Damus-Kaye-Stansel anastomosis, and a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt.

Keywords: Damus-Kaye-Stansel anastomosis; Left atrioventricular valve regurgitation; Multiple abnormalities; Starnes procedure; newborn.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects / surgery*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Recovery of Function
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect