To spare or not to spare…? The aortic valve in scleroderma and aortic root aneurysm.
Acute valve-sparing procedures are effective in the treatment of aortic root dilation when there is no valve pathology. In this review, we discuss the role of aortic valve-sparing procedures in the presence of connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma.
Faculty of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Cardiologic Hospital, Lille Nord de France University, CHRU Lille, France.
Reda
R
Kasdi
Jean-Marc
JM
El Arid
Marc
M
Lambert
David
D
Launay
Anne-Sophie
AS
Polge
Mohamad
M
Koussa
Thomas
T
Modine
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index