Freestyle xenograft implantation technique for reducing aortic insufficiency.
The Freestyle aortic xenograft has been shown to be safe and effective for aortic valve replacement. However,implantation is often complicated by aortic valve insufficiency, which could lead to premature valve failure. We describe an implantation technique that can potentially prevent aortic insufficiency.
Arifi
Ahmed A
AA
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. arifiahmed@hotmail.com
Wan
Song
S
Nashef
Samer
S
Ng
Calvin S H
CS
Wan
Innes Y P
IY
Yim
Anthony P C
AP
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods*