TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary Valve Replacement via Left Thoracotomy as an Alternative to Resternotomy
AU - Tatewaki, Hideki
AU - Sakamoto, Ichiro
AU - Ushijima, Tomoki
AU - Shiose, Akira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Most patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) survive to adulthood and suffer from residual right ventricular pathology, mostly pulmonary regurgitation. Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is a procedure of choice to alleviate right ventricular dilatation and pulmonary regurgitation. Resternotomy is the standard approach for PVR in patients who have undergone TOF repair. However, these patients require multiple reoperations during their lifetime. We performed minimally invasive redo PVR through left mini-thoratocomy in 2 patients who had previously undergone TOF repair through sternotomy.
AB - Most patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) survive to adulthood and suffer from residual right ventricular pathology, mostly pulmonary regurgitation. Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is a procedure of choice to alleviate right ventricular dilatation and pulmonary regurgitation. Resternotomy is the standard approach for PVR in patients who have undergone TOF repair. However, these patients require multiple reoperations during their lifetime. We performed minimally invasive redo PVR through left mini-thoratocomy in 2 patients who had previously undergone TOF repair through sternotomy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.130
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.130
M3 - Article
C2 - 32454022
AN - SCOPUS:85089312673
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 110
SP - e537-e539
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -