Outcome after Combined Pulmonary Endarterectomy and Mitral Valve Replacement

Abstract

Concomitant pulmonary endarterectomy and cardiac surgery has rarely been described in the literature. We report a 30-year-old patient who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy and concomitant mitral valve replacement associated with closure of a patent foramen ovale.

Key words

Cardiovascular surgery - thoracic surgery - heart valve surgery

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