title: Aortic root replacement with a cryopreserved aortic homograft in a patient with giant cell aortitis following two Bentall's type operations.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohmori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kosakai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasako
mesh_terms: 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