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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1723-1725
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Mitral valve repair in a transplanted heart via right thoracotomy

Joseph S. Ladowski, MDa

a Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Ladowski, Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, 7910 W Jefferson Blvd, Suite 102, Fort Wayne, IN 46804
e-mail: jsl{at}ioheart.com

With increasing longevity of many heart transplant recipients, the need for cardiac surgery upon the transplanted heart will become more common. Herein is presented an illustrative case that reinforces the utility of a right-side thoracotomy to approach valve repair in the transplanted heart.






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