[Interposition graft technique for the treatment of AAE (annuloaortic ectasia) with aortic regurgitation: surgical results].
Interposition graft technique had been used exclusively in 8 consecutive patients with AAE and AR. Two patients with severely dilated left ventricle (CTR 65, 80%, LVDd 93, 83 mm, LVDs 86, 68 mm), and 1 patient complicated with the postoperative mediastinitis died in the perioperative period, 10, 145 and 135 days after surgery, respectively. In the remaining 5 patients, excellent clinical improvement was observed with the reduction of CTR and echo-cardiographic findings without formation of hematoma, pseudoaneurysm, and leak from the suture lines on DSA and CT.
Yamada
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Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo University Koshigaya Hospital.
Yokoyama
M
M
Nakahara
H
H
Ohshima
N
N
Tanabe
S
S
Irie
Y
Y
Katayama
Y
Y
Sano
H
H
Kaneko
H
H
Imaseki
T
T
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged