One-stage correction of aortic coarctation and severe mitral regurgitation via left posteriolateral thoracotomy in a 2-year-old child

J Card Surg. 2008 Jul-Aug;23(4):346-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00534.x.

Abstract

We successfully treated a case of a 2-year-old male with aortic coarctation coexisting with severe mitral regurgitation via left posteriolateral thoracotomy at one stage. After a mitral valve replacement under perfused ventricular fibrillation with moderate hypothermia, we repaired the aortic coarctation with coarctation resection and end-to-end anastamosis with the aid of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and selective low-flow cerebral perfusion. The patient had an uneventful hospital course and remains well.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Coarctation / complications
  • Aortic Coarctation / surgery*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Heart Arrest, Induced
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Hypothermia, Induced
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Thoracotomy*