title: [Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis after Renal Transplantation;Report of a Case].
abstract: A 41-year-old man was referred to our department for surgical treatment for aortic stenosis 7 years after renal transplantation. He had been diagnosed with aortic stenosis by echocardiography a year before. He had syncopal attack during exercise 2 months before and surgical treatment had been indicated. We successfully performed aortic valve replacement via right mini-thoracotomy in the 4th intercostal space. Cardiac surgery after renal transplantation is rare and many complications may happen. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is considerated to be useful in minimizing mediastinitis in patients on immune suppressants.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Seijirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ootake
authors.forename: Yuuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Ryuuta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kiuchi
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Noritaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D016896:Treatment Outcome