Pulmonary valve replacement through a left thoracotomy approach |
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| Authors: | Barnard James Hoschtitzky Andreas Hasan Ragheb |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom. jamesbbarnard@doctors.org.uk |
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| Abstract: | We report here the first case, to our knowledge, of pulmonary valve replacement being performed via a left thoracotomy approach in a patient with pectus excavatum who had 3 previous sternotomies. The merit of this approach and its feasibility are discussed. |
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