Outcome after combined pulmonary endarterectomy and mitral valve replacement

J Charania; M de Perrot; K McRae; T David; E Fadel; G Shoemaker

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1038516

Outcome after combined pulmonary endarterectomy and mitral valve replacement

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Apr;57(3):172-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1038516. Epub 2009 Mar 27.

Authors

J Charania¹, M de Perrot, K McRae, T David, E Fadel, G Shoemaker

Affiliation

¹ Southwest Ontario Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

PMID: 19330758
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038516

Abstract

Concomitant pulmonary endarterectomy and cardiac surgery has rarely been described in the literature. We report a 30-year-old patient who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy and concomitant mitral valve replacement associated with closure of a patent foramen ovale.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Endarterectomy* / adverse effects
Female
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / adverse effects
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / instrumentation
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Prosthesis Design
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
Pulmonary Edema / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome