Mitral Valve Repair in Patient with Severe Mediastinal Shift to Right due to Pulmonary Hypoplasia: A case report.
- Author:
Yang Ki SEOK
1
;
Jong Tae LEE
;
Kyu Tae KIM
;
Joon Yong CHO
;
Gun Jik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea. leejt@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mitral valve, repair;
Thoracotomy;
Lung, growth and development;
Mediastinum
- MeSH:
Cardiovascular System;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
Lung;
Mediastinum;
Mitral Valve*;
Parturition;
Thoracotomy
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007;40(1):60-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary hypoplasia is an entity of pulmonary agenesis. Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly, usually diagnosed soon after birth. It is commonly associated with other anomalies, mainly of the cardiovascular systems. Although it may hasten the death of a child, sometimes it is compatible with normal growth. We report a right lateral thoracotomy approach for mitral valve repair in a young woman with pulmonary hypoplasia, in whom preoperative computed tomography showed severe right side shifting of the mediastinum and total collapse of the right lung.
