Structural valve deterioration with biologic composite valve grafts previously required reoperative aortic root replacement. We present a technique for avoiding repeated root replacement. Exposure is by a transverse incision through the Dacron graft. The valve is disassembled within the graft, and a new prosthesis is implanted. We used this technique in 11 patients with good success.
Lau, C., Gaudino, M. F. L., Mazza, A., Munjal, M., Girardi, L. N., Reoperative Aortic Valve Replacement in a Previous Biologic Composite Valve Graft, <<ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY>>, 2016; 102 (5): 477-480. [doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.095] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/93690]
Reoperative Aortic Valve Replacement in a Previous Biologic Composite Valve Graft
Gaudino, Mario Fulvio LuigiSecondo
;Mazza, Andrea;
2016
Abstract
Structural valve deterioration with biologic composite valve grafts previously required reoperative aortic root replacement. We present a technique for avoiding repeated root replacement. Exposure is by a transverse incision through the Dacron graft. The valve is disassembled within the graft, and a new prosthesis is implanted. We used this technique in 11 patients with good success.
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