title: A technique for replacing a prosthetic aortic valve after total aortic root replacement.
abstract: The excision and replacement of a failed aortic valve bioprosthesis in a composite tubular graft in two patients with Marfan syndrome was accomplished without replacing the composite graft.
authors.affiliation: Cardio Thoracic Unit, Groby Road Hospital, Leicester.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shawkat
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sarangi
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Firmin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation