title: [Mitral valve plasty through right thoracotomy with submammary skin incision].
abstract: A 30-year-old female with congestive heart failure was referred to our hospital and massive mitral regurgitation was detected on the echocardiography. She was a mother of 2 infants, and wished early recovery from surgery, cosmetic consideration to skin incision and future pregnancy. Her mitral valve was successfully repaired through right thoracotomy with submammary skin incision. Postoperative transthoracic Doppler echocardiography revealed no mitral regurgitation. The patient recovered uneventfully and was discharged on the 8th postoperative day. And she has been drug-free since then.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tobe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*