title: Surgery for aortic regurgitation due to dehiscence of aortic valve commissure.
abstract: A 74-year-old man underwent aortic valve replacement due to aortic regurgitation after two months of medication for congestive heart failure. At surgery, the cause of the aortic regurgitation appeared to be dehiscence of an aortic valve commissure. Dehiscence was closed with mattress sutures from outside of the sinus. Dehiscence of an aortic valve commissure is rare and difficult to be diagnosed preoperatively, and we carefully repaired it, and the patient had a good recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aomori Rosai Hospital, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. munakata@fancy.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munakata
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome