Multiple valve replacement in limited access: a case report

Heart Surg Forum. 2007;10(5):E408-10. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20071066.

Abstract

Nowadays minimally invasive surgery represents an accepted technique to treat heart valve disease. We report a case of surgical correction of multiple valve disease in a 61-year-old woman through a minimally invasive right anterolateral minithoracotomy. The intervention was performed under transesophageal echocardiography and videoscopic guidance. High thoracic epidural anesthesia allowed a rapid weaning from mechanical ventilation and a faster recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Epidural
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*