title: Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement with orthotopic liver transplantation: report of a case.
abstract: Cardiac surgery and liver transplantation (LT) are rarely performed at the same time, because of the potential risks of coupling two such complex surgical procedures [1-3]. This combined surgery is typically reserved for patients with structural heart disease, including multivessel obstructive coronary artery disease and severe valvular disease with heart failure and end-stage liver disease, in whom the untreated organ may decompensate if only one organ is addressed [4]. Combined aortic valve replacement (AVR) and LT is the rarest of such combined surgery, with only ten cases published previously. We present the first reported case of combined minimally invasive AVR and LT and review the literature on similar combined surgery.
authors.affiliation: Section of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, 3B110 SOM, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Craig H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Selzman
authors.forename: Heather F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Thiesset
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Box
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hutson
authors.forename: Jeffrey K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campsen
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: Robin D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome