Hirose H, Umeda S, Mori Y, Murakawa S, Azuma K, Hashimoto T
First Department of Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Sep;58(3):884-6. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90777-3.
We report a 54-year-old man with a history of esophagectomy and retrosternal esophagogastric anastomosis for esophageal cancer through right thoracotomy in whom cardiac failure developed due to aortic regurgitation. He underwent aortic valve replacement through a left thoracotomy with division of two great arteries and their strong traction toward the surgeon by stay sutures. He has been well for 3 years postoperatively in New York Heart Association class I.
