title: Bilateral minithoractomy repair of aortic coarctation with ventricular septal defect and persistent ductus arteriosus.
abstract: A 6-year-old female child with aortic coarctation, a ventricular septal defect, and a persistent ductus arteriosus underwent surgical repair by bilateral minithoracotomies. At 6-month follow-up, the patient had recovered well, with increased exercise tolerance. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed an intact ventricular septum and no significant gradient across the aortic repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Teaching Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yongzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*