Valve-sparing operation for aortic root aneurysm in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.
Aortic root aneurysms are not rare in patients with bicuspid aortic valve, but valve-sparing operations to treat them remain challenging. We describe our surgical method of reconstructing only two commissures, which is extremely simple and easy to reproduce without aortic stenosis.
Suematsu
Yoshihiro
Y
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan. suematsu@aurora.dti.ne.jp
Morota
Tetsuro
T
Kubota
Hiroshi
H
Ninomiya
Mikio
M
Takamoto
Shinichi
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012086:Reoperation; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*