[Surgical correction of incomplete form of open atrioventricular canal in adults].

Clinical and anatomo-hemodynamic features of adult patients with incomplete form of the open atrioventricular canal are presented, policy of surgical treatment and optimal degree of surgical intervention on mitral valve are determined. The study of variant anatomy of the defect, revealed two variants of left atrioventricular valve formation (with "functional" and with "anatomical" septal commissure). In the first anatomic variant the mitral insufficiency was hemodynamically important and required surgical correction.

[Course of pulmonary hypertension in patients operated for rheumatic mitral heart disease].

Aim: To study changes in pulmonary hypertension in patients with isolated mitral valvular defects of rheumatic etiology after surgical correction and in the early postoperative period.

Materials And Methods: Central hemodynamics in heart chamber probing before operation and intraoperatively were measured in 98 patients with rheumatic mitral defects (41 males, 57 females, mean age 39.5 +/- 8.

[Program of examination for patients with isolated mitral valve defects to evaluate the degree of pulmonary hypertension].

98 patients with isolated rheumatic mitral valve defects of the heart entered the study. Their central hemodynamics was studied intraoperatively before surgical correction of the defect. The results were compared to those provided by conventional noninvasive methods: chest x-ray, ECG, echo-CG, external respiration function test.

[Aortic valve prosthesis implantation from a mini approach].

The authors share their experiences with performing the first in Russia operation of making the aorta valve prosthetics from a mini-access--transverse sternotomy. It is concluded that operations through such accesses are safe for the patient and relatively easy for the surgeon. Its main advantage consists in quick surgical rehabilitation of the patient and good cosmetic effect.