Mitral and tricuspid valve surgery for Coffin-Lowry syndrome

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 May;63(5):290-2. doi: 10.1007/s11748-013-0291-8. Epub 2013 Jul 20.

Abstract

Coffin-Lowry syndrome is a rare X-linked disorder characterized by craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities, mental retardation, short stature, and hypotonia. An 18-year-old man with morphologic features characteristic of Coffin-Lowry syndrome was referred to our institution for valve disease surgery for worsening cardiac failure. Echocardiography showed severe mitral valve regurgitation associated with tricuspid valve regurgitation. Mitral valve implantation with a biological valve and tricuspid annular plication with a ring was performed. The ascending aorta was hypoplastic. Both the mitral papillary muscle originating near the mitral annulus and the chordae were shortened. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful and his cardiac failure improved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aorta / surgery
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Coffin-Lowry Syndrome / complications*
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / methods*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Papillary Muscles / abnormalities
  • Papillary Muscles / surgery
  • Tricuspid Valve / surgery
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*