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Aortic valve replacement with right thoracotomy in a patient with sternal metastasis from renal carcinoma.
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Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis [Acta Biomed] 2009 Aug; Vol. 80 (2), pp. 150-2. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We present a clinical case of severe aortic stenosis in a 73-year-old patient symptomatic for dispnoea class NYHA III-IV. At the physical examination the patient presented a single sternal metastasis of renal carcinoma involving the sternum. Oncological stability prompted us to perform aortic valve replacement. In order to avoid median sternotomy and its complications due to the presence of sternal metastasis we successfully performed aortic valve replacement through a right minithoracotomy.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Aortic Valve Stenosis complications
Bone Neoplasms complications
Bone Neoplasms surgery
Carcinoma, Renal Cell complications
Carcinoma, Renal Cell surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms complications
Male
Positron-Emission Tomography
Aortic Valve Stenosis surgery
Bone Neoplasms secondary
Carcinoma, Renal Cell secondary
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation methods
Kidney Neoplasms pathology
Thoracotomy methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0392-4203
- Volume :
- 80
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19848053