title: Surgical results of composite graft replacement of the aortic root aneurysm.
abstract: From 1986 to 1996, 20 patients underwent aortic root replacement. All of the patients had annulo aortic ectasia (AAE); Six had DeBakey type I aortic dissection, three were acute dissections associated with Marfan's syndrome; three had previously undergone the Koster-Collins operation. During 11 years, the original Bentall procedure (1986-91), the Cabrol procedure (1991-), and the modified Bentall procedure (Carrel patch or Piehler technique) were performed. There was only 1 hospital mortality (5.0%). Four patients died during the follow-up period (mediastinitis, myocardial infarction, cerebral bleeding, and rupture of the arch aneurysm). Only 2 patients required reoperation (repair of a pseudoaneurysm of the right coronary artery and paravalvular leakage of the aortic valve replacement). The satisfactory outcomes were the result of the full-thickness anastomoses performed during coronary artery reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5 Kusunoki-cho Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ataka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagiri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wakiyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000401:mortality; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000401:mortality; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome