Aortic valve replacement in a porcelain aorta using endo balloon occlusion.
Aortic valve surgery carries increased risks in patients with an extensively calcified aorta. We describe a technique in which we maintain systemic perfusion via bilateral axillary artery perfusion in conjunction with endoaortic balloon occlusion, and limit the circulatory arrest time.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu Kosei Nenkin Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan. kkurisu@qkn-hosp.jp
Kazuhiro
K
Kurisu
Manabu
M
Hisahara
Toshiro
T
Iwai
Shinichiro
S
Oda
YunCong
Y
Wang
Yoshie
Y
Ochiai
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome