title: Replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic valve with a valved stentless composite graft.
abstract: A technique of total aortic root replacement with a stentless porcine composite graft is described. This graft is assembled during surgery using a woven polyester vascular prosthesis and a stentless aortic bioprosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Herz- und Gefäss-Klinik, Bad Neustadt, Germany.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Urbanski
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design