title: Valve-sparing operation for aortic root aneurysm in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan. suematsu@aurora.dti.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suematsu
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morota
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: 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*