title: Aortic root replacement with stentless xenograft for aortic dissection.
abstract: This paper reviewed aortic root replacement with a stentless xenograft for Stanford Type A aortic dissection. Total aortic arch replacement plus aortic root reconstruction with a stentless xenograft was conducted in 2 patients with acute aortic dissection. In another 2 patients, aortic root replacement with a bioprosthesis was performed for chronic redissection of the aortic root which might be associated with the previous use of gelatin-resorcin-formalin glue. Full root replacement using this device is safe, reliable, reproducible, and technically less demanding. This device also provides a radical option for acute aortic dissection even in patients requiring concomitant aortic arch and root replacement.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uesho
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koshika
authors.forename: Fumihiro
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Kiyoshige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design