title: Combined lung volume reduction and mitral valve reconstruction.
abstract: Combined lung volume reduction and mitral valve reconstruction was performed in a 66-year-old man with end-stage emphysema and severe mitral regurgitation. Quality of life, pulmonary function, 6-minute walk, echocardiographic degree of mitral regurgitation, and New York Heart Association heart failure classification all improved substantially. A lung volume reduction operation can safely be combined with complex cardiac operations for patients with disabling dyspnea of a multifactorial nature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. riwhyte@leland.stanford.edu
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bria
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Bolling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome