Kelpis Timotheos G, Economopoulos Vassilios A, Nikoloudakis Nikolaos E, Pitsis Antonis A
Thessaloniki Heart Institute, St. Luke's Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
J Card Surg. 2013 Nov;28(6):660-2. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12223. Epub 2013 Sep 20.
We report a 71-year-old male who underwent successful minimally invasive transapical aortic valve implantation to treat severe aortic stenosis, with simultaneous pulmonary resection for the treatment of lung cancer. At five-year follow-up the patient remains free of symptoms (NYHA I) and recurrence.