Mitral Valve Replacement and Subaortic Membrane Resection Following Pneumonectomy

Autor: Melih Hulusi Us, Murat Ugurlucan, Murat Basaran, Ozer Selimoglu, Ali Kocailik
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2010 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-9627
1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2010/480703
Popis: The pulmonary status is a vital factor for patients undergoing open heart surgery. The cardiac surgery itself deteriorates the actual pulmonary functions. Today, patients are no longer living with a cardiac disease due to compromised respiratory functions secondary to various pathologies, patients with lung disorders more often seek solutions for their cardiac disease and they are commonly operated. However, the resection of a lobe or a whole lung is a major challenge for the patients planned for cardiac surgery. In this report, we present a 65-year-old patient, who had left pnemonectomy which had been performed 8 years ago and was admitted for mitral valve replacement and subaortic membrane resection.
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