Mitral valve repair in a transplanted heart via right thoracotomy.
With increasing longevity of many heart transplant recipients, the need for cardiac surgery upon the transplanted heart will become more common Herein is presented an illustrative case that reinforces the utility of a right-side thoracotomy to approach valve repair in the transplanted heart.
Ladowski
J S
JS
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne 46804, USA. jsl@ioheart.com
D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*