PMID: 20118047Feb 2, 2010Paper

Cardiac autotransplantation for aortic and mitral valve replacement in a patient with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology : HJC = Hellēnikē Kardiologikē Epitheōrēsē
Aristotelis PanosPatrick O Myers

Abstract

Adequate exposure is a prerequisite for open valve surgery. The mitral valve can rarely be very challenging to expose. We describe a redo double valve replacement in a patient with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in whom exposure of the mitral valve was achieved with cardiac autotransplantation.

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