ANOTHER APPROACH FOR AORTIC-VALVE REPLACEMENT THROUGH LEFT THORACOTOMY

Authors
HIROSE H UMEDA S MORI Y MURAKAWA S AZUMA K HASHIMOTO T
Citation
H. Hirose et al., ANOTHER APPROACH FOR AORTIC-VALVE REPLACEMENT THROUGH LEFT THORACOTOMY, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 58(3), 1994, pp. 884-886
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
58
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
884 - 886
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)58:3<884:AAFART>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report a 54-year-old man with a history of esophagectomy and retros ternal esophagogastric anastomosis for esophageal cancer through right thoracotomy in whom cardiac failure developed due to aortic regurgita tion. He underwent aortic valve replacement through a left thoracotomy with division of two great arteries and their strong traction toward the surgeon by stay sutures. He has been well for 3 years postoperativ ely in New York Heart Association class I.