title: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via Left Anterior Thoracotomy in a Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum.
abstract: With the development of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement, innovative approaches can be geared to atypical and challenging cases. We describe a case of transcatheter aortic valve replacement via a left anterior thoracotomy in a patient with pectus excavatum and unusual intrathoracic anatomy where surgical and traditional transcatheter aortic valve replacement approaches were deemed inapplicable.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dloberman@partners.org.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loberman
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Taufiek Konrad
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Rajab
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Maroun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yammine
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Frederick G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Welt
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Eisenhauer
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*