title: [Successful preoperative respiratory rehabilitation in patients with aortic valve stenosis associated with severe respiratory dysfunction].
abstract: We describe 2 cases of aortic valve stenosis with severe pulmonary dysfunction. Preoperative respiratory rehabilitation programmed by the rehabilitation doctors was cautiously undertaken to improve their exercise tolerance and respiratory reserve. These 2 patients underwent aortic valve replacement eventually. Postoperative course in each patient was uneventful without respiratory complication. Preoperative respiratory rehabilitation can be performed in the high risk patient with severe pulmonary dysfunction as long as careful risk management is guaranteed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Motoyoshi
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Kiichirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohzuki
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saiki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy