TY - JOUR
T1 - Left thoracotomy
T2 - An ideal approach for mitral valve replacement in patient with severe chest wall deformity
AU - Bastidas, Juan G.
AU - Razzouk, Anees J.
AU - Hasaniya, Nahidh W.
AU - Bailey, Leonard L.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - We report a 65-year-old woman with chronic diastolic congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and severe mitral valve regurgitation. She was not a candidate for percutaneous mitral valve repair and was turned down for an open heart operation by 2 institutions based on her severe pectus excavatum deformity. A left posterior lateral thoracotomy approach provided excellent exposure for central cannulation and replacement of the mitral valve. © 2013 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
AB - We report a 65-year-old woman with chronic diastolic congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and severe mitral valve regurgitation. She was not a candidate for percutaneous mitral valve repair and was turned down for an open heart operation by 2 institutions based on her severe pectus excavatum deformity. A left posterior lateral thoracotomy approach provided excellent exposure for central cannulation and replacement of the mitral valve. © 2013 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.031
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.031
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 96
SP - e63-e64
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -