title: Port-access double valve replacement: first case report in Japan.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with mitral and aortic valve stenosis was admitted to our hospital. An electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation. After receiving informed consent, we performed a double valve replacement (DVR) with bioprostheses and maze procedure, utilizing a port-access technique. The operation and aortic cross-clamping times were 460 and 228 min, respectively. The patient's recovery was uneventful and he was discharged from our hospital with a consistent sinus rhythm 22 days after surgery. This is the first case report of port-access DVR in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan. kochin0726@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Koyu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuinose
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshitaka
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Totsugawa
authors.forename: Genta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chikazawa
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsushima
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome