title: Intravalvular implantation of aortic valve prosthesis.
abstract: A simplified technique is described to overcome the problem of aortic valve replacement in a severely dilated aortic root (> 30-mm diameter). Intravalvular implantation of an inverted mitral prosthesis after imbrication of aortic cusps was performed in a patient with severe aortic regurgitation with gross annular dilatation. The technique may be applicable in a select subset of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques