title: Treatment of aortic root aneurysm and mitral valve pathology through a single aortotomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aortic root aneurysms combined with lesions of the mitral valve requires synchronous operations. The conventional approach is to treat the two lesions through separate aortic and atrial incisions.
  
  
  METHODS
  From May 2009 to August 2012, 28 transaortic mitral valve operations were performed. There were 23 males and five females, the age ranged from 18 to 75 years, mean 41 ± 16 years. The operative procedures included Bentall+MVR in 20 patients, Bentall+MVP in three patients, Bentall+total arch replacement+stent elephant trunk+MVP in one patient, Bentall+total arch replacement+stent elephant trunk+MVR in two patients, Bentall+MVP+CABG in two patients. Follow-up was completed for all patients, with a mean follow-up period of 22 ± 10 months and a maximum of 42 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Transaortic mitral valve surgery was successful for all patients. There was a reoperation in two patients for bleeding. In the MVP group, there was mild regurgitation in two cases before discharge, without further development during the follow-up. In the MVR group, there was paravalvular leakage in one patient three months later, which required repair. There were no deaths in the hospital and the follow-up period, and no valve-associated complication during the follow-up period. The heart function of all patients during the follow-up period was Level I-II (NYHA).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transaortic mitral valve operation is a feasible surgical approach to treat patients with aortic root aneurysms combined with mitral valve lesions.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ren
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shi-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yong-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jun-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Lian-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Li-Zhong
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D055815:Young Adult