Aortic root replacement with a cryopreserved aortic homograft in a patient with giant cell aortitis following two Bentall's type operations.
Patients with aortic valvular regurgitation due to non-infectious aortitis are at high risk of valve detachment. In this report, a patient with giant cell aortitis is described, who underwent successful aortic root replacement with a cryopreserved aortic homograft, following two Bentall's type operations that resulted in graft detachment.
Eishi
K
K
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Nakajima
S
S
Kitoh
Y
Y
Nakano
K
K
Motomura
N
N
Ohmori
F
F
Tsuji
T
T
Kosakai
Y
Y
Isobe
F
F
Sasako
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D015726:Giant Cells; D006085:Graft Survival; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011475:Prosthesis Failure