title: [Interposition graft technique for the treatment of AAE (annuloaortic ectasia) with aortic regurgitation: surgical results].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo University Koshigaya Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaseki
mesh_terms: 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