title: Apicoaortic bypass using a vascular graft with a bioprosthetic valve.
abstract: We report a case of 75-year-old man who underwent an apicoaortic bypass for severe aortic stenosis. The patient had a porcelain aorta accompanied by a severely calcified aortic annulus. We used a woven polyester vascular graft instead of a rigid apical connector because the latter material cannot be obtained in Japan. Postoperative examination showed no compression or stenosis in the apical outflow. A woven polyester vascular graft is therefore considered suitable for an apicoaortic bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. GZE00572@nifty.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanki
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishino
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumoto
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004452:Echocardiography; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed