title: Mitral valve repair in a 55-year-old man with left lung agenesis.
abstract: We report on a 55-year-old man who was diagnosed with agenesis of the left lung in childhood. He was essentially asymptomatic until he was 53 years of age, when he became symptomatic with exertional dyspnea due to severe mitral regurgitation. We performed mitral valve repair using a median sternotomy incision approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ghassan S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Musleh
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Pankaj K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: Ragheb
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasan
mesh_terms: D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse