title: Easy technique for placing anchoring sutures for aortic root reimplantation.
abstract: In the aortic valve-sparing reimplantation technique, insertion of the anchoring sutures beneath the valve is a crucial but difficult step because the spared aortic cusps obscure the field of view. We present a novel and easy method of placing these anchoring stitches with good exposure of the subvalvular tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan. hogino@hsp.ncvc.go.jp
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minatoya
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012092:Replantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome