Port-access aortic valve replacement.
A 42-year-old man suffering from massive aortic valve regurgitation with mild stenosis because of a bicuspid valve underwent surgery in May 2007. The surgical procedure was performed through a right anterolateral thoracotomy using the peripheral cannulation method. Cardiac arrest was achieved by direct aortic cross-clamping and selective cardioplegia delivery. The aortic valve was replaced with a bioprosthesis. The operation and aortic cross-clamping periods were 265 and 117 min, respectively. The patient's recovery was uneventful, and he was discharged from hospital 8 days after surgery.
Totsugawa
Toshinori
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan.
Kuinose
Masahiko
M
Ozawa
Masamichi
M
Eto
Koki
K
Yoshitaka
Hidenori
H
Tsushima
Yoshimasa
Y
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods