title: Single-stage surgical correction of combination lesions through thoracotomy.
abstract: Coarctation of the descending aorta is associated with significant cardiac lesions in up to 50% of the patients. Under such circumstances, surgical management requires consideration of the nature of the associated lesion which usually requires a median sternotomy for surgical correction. Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is, therefore, rarely associated with lesions that are amenable to surgical correction through a thoracotomy incision. In this case report, we report a case of COA with significant associated cardiac disease that was repaired through a left thoracotomy incision. A 13-year-old boy was found to have COA and also partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the left upper pulmonary vein to the innominate vein. Both the lesions were surgically corrected simultaneously through a thoracotomy.
authors: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: Sowmya
authors: S
authors: Ramanan
authors: Navaneetha
authors: N
authors: Sasikumar
authors: Kizakke K
authors: KK
authors: Pradeep
authors: Premsekar
authors: P
authors: Rajasekaran
authors: Krishna Manohar Soman
authors: KM
authors: Rema
authors: Kootturathu Mammen
authors: KM
authors: Cherian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: coarctation; congenital heart surgery; surgery/incisions; thoracotomy