[Aortic valve re-replacement with a SJM valve by aortic ring re-enlargement with Nick's method--report of a successful case].
An 11-year-old girl had undergone an aortic valve replacement for congenital aortic stenosis with #17 Björk-Shiley valve and aortic ring enlargement by Nick's method eight years later, the pressure gradient across the prosthetic valve increased up to 100 mmHg. Re-aortic valve replacement was successfully performed with #21 St. Jude Medical valve, when aortic valve ring increased to accommodate #21 SJM valve.
Bai
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First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
Shimazaki
Y
Y
Fukushima
N
N
Matsuda
H
H
Kawashima
Y
Y
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation