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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:733-735
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Valvular Reoperations by Left Thoracotomy in Patients With Pectus Excavatum

Scott A. LeMaire, MDa,b,*, Roderick G. MacArthur, MDb, Joseph S. Coselli, MDa,b

a Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, Texas, USA
b Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Accepted for publication October 17, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr LeMaire, One Baylor Plaza, BCM 390, Houston, TX 77030 (Email: slemaire{at}bcm.tmc.edu).

Several alternative approaches to the aortic and mitral valves have been reported recently. We describe a left anterior thoracotomy approach for valvular reoperations in 3 patients with Marfan syndrome and severe pectus excavatum.






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