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a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Research Institute, Busan, South Korea
b Department of Pediatrics, Pusan University National Hospital, Busan, South Korea
c Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, South Korea
Accepted for publication January 4, 2008.
* Address correspondence to Dr Sung, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, 602-061, South Korea (Email: scsung21{at}hanmail.net).
We describe a new technique of mitral valve replacement in an 11.5-month-old, 5.5 kg baby whose native mitral annulus was only 14 mm. We successfully implanted a 16-mm mechanical valve in the supra-annular position by sewing it into a short polytetrafluoroethylene graft that was then sutured to the native annulus.
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