title: Management of a patient with unstable angina, left main coronary artery disease, and respiratory insufficiency due to eventration of the diaphragm.
abstract: The incidence of eventration of diaphragm before cardiac surgery is rare. We describe the management of a patient with eventration of the diaphragm who underwent a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for left main coronary artery disease followed by left diaphragm plication with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the postoperative respiratory insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Surendra Nath
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Mathews
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Sabyasachi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karlekar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000601:surgery*; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted