PMID: 29755093May 15, 2018Paper

Concomitant Atrial Septal Defect Closure and Repair of Pectus Excavatum in a 50-year-old Patient;Report of a Case

Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Atsushi TamuraHiroshi Iida

Abstract

We report a case of atrial septal defect (ASD) with severe pectus excavatum. A 50-year-old female had a stroke due to paradoxical embolism from deep vein thrombosis thorough ASD. Her preoperative computed tomography(CT) revealed a severe pectus excavatum (Haller CT index 28.6). The patient underwent ASD closure and repair of the pectus excavatum concomitantly. Median full sternotomy was performed for ASD closure. And we adopted sterno-costal elevation for pectus excavatum repair. Cartilages of the 3rd to the 7th rib were segmentally resected and the remainders were re-sutured to the sternum. The operation was performed uneventfully. The postoperative echocardiogram revealed no residual shunt. And the deformity of the anterior chest wall was remarkably lessen.

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