title: Another approach for aortic valve replacement through left thoracotomy.
abstract: We report a 54-year-old man with a history of esophagectomy and retrosternal esophagogastric anastomosis for esophageal cancer through right thoracotomy in whom cardiac failure developed due to aortic regurgitation. He underwent aortic valve replacement through a left thoracotomy with division of two great arteries and their strong traction toward the surgeon by stay sutures. He has been well for 3 years postoperatively in New York Heart Association class I.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome