title: One-stage correction of aortic coarctation and severe mitral regurgitation via left posteriolateral thoracotomy in a 2-year-old child.
abstract: We successfully treated a case of a 2-year-old male with aortic coarctation coexisting with severe mitral regurgitation via left posteriolateral thoracotomy at one stage. After a mitral valve replacement under perfused ventricular fibrillation with moderate hypothermia, we repaired the aortic coarctation with coarctation resection and end-to-end anastamosis with the aid of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and selective low-flow cerebral perfusion. The patient had an uneventful hospital course and remains well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qi Hua
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yi Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tian Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jin Fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhong Shi
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jin Lan
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ni
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy