title: Mitral valve plasty using left antero-axillary thoracotomy for a patient with pulmonary hypoplasia.
abstract: We present the case of a 62-year old female who presented with dyspnoea caused by severe mitral valve regurgitation. Preoperative evaluation revealed unilateral primary pulmonary hypoplasia of the left lung. Mitral valve plasty was successfully performed without postoperative respiratory complications, using a left antero-axillary thoracotomy approach resulting in excellent exposure of the mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Kawasaki Aortic Center, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan junichi.shimamura@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.affiliation: Kawasaki Aortic Center, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Kawasaki Aortic Center, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.affiliation: Kawasaki Aortic Center, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaguri
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D001365:Axilla; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Left antero-axillary thoracotomy; Mitral valve plasty; Pulmonary hypoplasia