Mitral Clefts and Interatrial Septum Defects: 15-Year Results

Between 1985 and 2002, 60 patients (58% female) with a mean age of 20.3 ± 12.1 years (range, 2–55 years) were treated for anterior mitral leaflet cleft. There was a primum atrial septal defect in 52 patients (87%) and a secundum type in 8 (13%). Concomitant cardiac defects were patent foramen ovale in 6 patients, cleft tricuspid valve in 3, ventricular septal defect in 2, cor triatriatum in 1, and persistent left superior vena cava in 1. Mean grade (1–4) of mitral insufficiency was 2.28 ± 0.74. Atrial septal defects were closed with a pericardial patch in 45 patients, with a prosthetic patch in 11, and primarily in 4. Mitral leaflet clefts were repaired using interrupted sutures. There was no early or late mortality. Two patients (3%) needed a permanent pacemaker. Postoperatively, severe (≥ grade 3) mitral insufficiency developed in 2 patients; valve replacement was performed in one, cleft recurrence and leakage from the patch were treated in the other. Freedom from reoperation was 92.2% ± 5.6% at 15 years. Surgical intervention can be performed for congenital anterior mitral leaflet cleft and interatrial septal defect with good results in both pediatric and adult age groups.

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