title: Aortic root replacement in a patient with left ventricular noncompaction.
abstract: We describe the case of a 57-year-old woman with noncompaction of the left ventricle and regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve who presented with progressive congestive heart failure and was successfully treated with aortic root replacement. The long-term outcome for these patients is poor because of progressive left ventricular impairment, increased rates of life-threatening arrhythmias, and intraventricular thrombi. To our knowledge, only 3 patient with noncompaction of the left ventricle has been reported to have undergone aortic valve replacement for severely regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve. Herein, we describe a patient with noncompaction of the left ventricle who underwent successful mechanical aortic root replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France. Electronic address: jamilhajjchahine@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hajj-Chahine
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: Géraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allain
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jayle
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corbi
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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