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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2005;13:377-379
© 2005 Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd

CASE STUDY

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in A Patient with a Functional Single Lung

Levent Yazicioglu, MD, Atilla Aral, MD, Ozge Uymaz, MD, Hakki Akalin, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Levent Yazicioglu, MD Tel: 90 312 266 6037 Fax: 90 312 362 5639 Email: leventyazicioglu{at}hotmail.com, Bilkent II Park Sitesi G-4 Blok 22/32, Ankara 06530, Turkey.

Destructed lung and pneumonectomy are associated with anatomic and physiologic changes that may interfere with the conduct of subsequent open heart surgery. Here we report a case of an autopneumonectomized patient who required open heart surgery. The preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of this patient was unique. Open heart procedures on patients with a single lung can be performed with acceptable operative mortality and morbidity.






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