Concomitant Operation of Pulmonary Resection and Redo Double Valve Replacement: 1 case report.
- Author:
Yeon Ho SEO
1
;
Jung Ku JO
;
Kong Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University, Medical School, Korea. scsmd@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart valve disease;
Carcinoma, non-small cell, lung;
Heart surgery
- MeSH:
Female;
Heart;
Heart Valve Diseases;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Middle Aged;
Thoracic Surgery
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2004;37(10):876-879
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Patients with concomitant surgical diseases of the heart and lungs are a therapeutic challenge to cardiothoracic surgeons. A 59-year-old woman underwent right middle lobectomy for lung cancer and redo double valve replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty simultaneously. Concomitant operation is a safe procedure and might allow prompt correction of both conditions, thereby sparing the patient a second major thoracic procedure with its attendant risks.
