[The left-sided atrioventricular replacement of corrected transposition of the great arteries through a left thoracotomy].
In a 17-year-old female with dextrocardia and corrected transposition of the great arteries, whose VSD and PFO had been surgically closed through median sternotomy two years previously, the left-sided atrioventricular valve replacement was performed for its severe insufficiency. The left anterolateral thoracotomy was chosen to have good visual field and to prevent unnecessary dissection of the adhesion. The postoperative course was uneventful.
Kubota
H
H
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Kotsuka
Y
Y
Yagyu
K
K
Kawauchi
M
M
Tanaka
O
O
Koseni
K
K
Kaneko
Y
Y
Furuse
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*