%0 Case Reports
%T Surgical treatment of a 36-year-old patient with asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia.
%A Wang W
%J Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
%V 34
%N 1
%D 01 2022 6
%M 34999795
%F 1.978
%R 10.1093/icvts/ivab217
%X Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia is a rare and dangerous genetic disease. Many children with this disease die early in life of severe hypoxia, and it is extremely rare that they survive to adulthood. We recently treated a 36-year-old patient who had asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia with a special surgical method and achieved satisfactory results. A review of the literature showed that this patient is the oldest surviving person with this condition.