title: Left ventricular outflow tract reconstruction for annular erosion using a polyester graft.
abstract: A technique is presented for treatment of annular erosion using a polyester tube graft that is sutured to the left ventricular outflow tract below the area of erosion. The graft is then everted and sutured to a composite graft. Interposition polyester grafts from the coronary arteries are attached to the composite graft above the valve.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63131, USA.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masetti
authors.forename: Nicholas T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011091:Polyesters; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters