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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2354-2355
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Repair of torn pulmonary artery in redo operation

Joseph Galea, FRCSa, Kevin Schembri, MDa, Walter Busuttil, FRCSa, Alexander Manché, FRCS(CTh)a

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Luke’s Hospital, G’Mangia, Malta

Address reprint requests to Dr Galea, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B95SS, England
e-mail: josephgalea{at}yahoo.com

Intraoperative pulmonary artery tears may complicate redo cardiac operations. We report a method of repair for these tears occurring in 2 patients undergoing second redo mitral valve operation by performing transection of the aorta and primary repair of the tear. This is a safe rapid procedure which gives excellent results.






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