Mitral Valve Replacement following Prior Left Pneumonectomy.
- Author:
Geun Dong LEE
1
;
Cheol Hyun CHUNG
;
Jae Seung JUNG
;
Jae Hoon LEE
;
Sung Ho JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea. hyun227@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mitral valve replacement;
Pneumonectomy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Humans;
Mitral Valve;
Pneumonectomy;
Postoperative Complications;
Prevalence;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2008;41(6):759-763
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cardiac surgery in patients with a prior pneumonectomy has a high prevalence of postoperative complications and mortality. We have successfully performed a mitral valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty in a 71-year-old man who had a left pneumonectomy 33 years previously due to pulmonary tuberculosis. We report this case with a literature review on the issue of the prevention perioperative pulmonary impairment, the technique of mitral valve exposure during surgery and postoperative rhythm disturbance.
