Repair of torn pulmonary artery in redo operation.
Intraoperative pulmonary artery tears may complicate redo cardiac operations. We report a method of repair for these tears occurring in 2 patients undergoing second redo mitral valve operation by performing transection of the aorta and primary repair of the tear. This is a safe rapid procedure which gives excellent results.
Galea
J
J
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Luke's Hospital, G'Mangia, Malta. josephgalea@yahoo.com
Schembri
K
K
Busuttil
W
W
Manché
A
A
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation