Pulmonary Valve Replacement Through a Left Minithoracotomy: An Alternate Approach Faisal H. Cheema, MD, Elbert E. Heng, Atiq Rehman, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 5, Pages 1827-1829 (November 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.085 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrating a 3-cm vegetation on pulmonary valve (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1827-1829DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.085) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative valvular pathology. (A) Pulmonary valve with the torn leaflet and vegetation. (B) The Edwards Magna 25-mm pulmonary valve prosthesis, well seated in the native annulus. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1827-1829DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.085) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Healing incision 3 weeks after minimally invasive pulmonary valve replacement. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1827-1829DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.085) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions