title: Valvular reoperations by left thoracotomy in patients with pectus excavatum.
abstract: Several alternative approaches to the aortic and mitral valves have been reported recently. We describe a left anterior thoracotomy approach for valvular reoperations in 3 patients with Marfan syndrome and severe pectus excavatum.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, Texas, USA. slemaire@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: LeMaire
authors.forename: Roderick G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: MacArthur
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*