title: Surgical treatment of annuloaortic estasia: experience in 7 consecutive patients.
abstract: Seven patients with annuloaortic ectasia were treated according to the method described by Bentall and De Bono. A Björk-Shiley valve in a composite graft was the prosthesis of choice and was used in all patients except 1, who received a Starr-Edwards valve. Profound topical cooling without selective coronary perfusion was applied in 5 patients for myocardial preservation during aortic occlusion. The was 1 operative death and 1 late death, the latter from cerebral thromboembolism. Five survivors have been followed from 1 year 5 months to 2 years 10 months with an average follow-up of 2 years. Excellent results were obtained in all survivors, their physical capabilities putting them in Class I of the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. Postoperative aortograms showed no signs of kinking or compression of vascular prostheses nor abnormalities of prosthetic calves. A modified technique to secure graft fixation is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D011859:Radiography