Complex reconstruction of the aortic and mitral annuli: a simplification.
Simultaneous reconstruction of the aortic and mitral annuli is a useful but complex procedure. Implantation of a bovine pericardial gusset can be facilitated by ex vivo attachment to the sewing ring of the mitral valve prosthesis.
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA. piconea@upstate.edu
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D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques