title: [Aortic valve re-replacement with a SJM valve by aortic ring re-enlargement with Nick's method--report of a successful case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
mesh_terms: 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