title: Mitral valve replacement and subaortic membrane resection following pneumonectomy.
abstract: The pulmonary status is a vital factor for patients undergoing open heart surgery. The cardiac surgery itself deteriorates the actual pulmonary functions. Today, patients are no longer living with a cardiac disease due to compromised respiratory functions secondary to various pathologies, patients with lung disorders more often seek solutions for their cardiac disease and they are commonly operated. However, the resection of a lobe or a whole lung is a major challenge for the patients planned for cardiac surgery. In this report, we present a 65-year-old patient, who had left pnemonectomy which had been performed 8 years ago and was admitted for mitral valve replacement and subaortic membrane resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Goztepe Safak Hospital, Istanbul 34000, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melih Hulusi
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Us
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugurlucan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basaran
authors.forename: Ozer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Selimoglu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocailik