title: Aortic valve replacement with autologous pericardium: surgical technique.
abstract: The surgical technique of aortic valve replacement with freehand glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium is described. Forty-nine patients underwent this procedure without hospital mortality and no thromboembolic episodes without anticoagulation. Three patients underwent reoperation: for infective endocarditis in two; and tear of one commissure 8 months after surgery in another. This technique because of its excellent hemodynamics and low thrombogenicity might be a valid alternative particularly in patients with a small aortic annulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005976:Glutaral / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005976:Glutaral