title: Aortic valve annuloplasty: new single suture technique.
abstract: Reconstruction strategies for aortic valve insufficiency in the presence of aortic annulus dilatation are usually surgically challenging. We demonstrate a simple, modified Taylor technique of downsizing and stabilization of the aortic annulus using a single internal base suture. Since April 2011, 22 consecutive patients have undergone safe aortic valve annuloplasty. No reoperations for aortic valve insufficiency and no deaths occurred.
authors.affiliation: Heart Centre Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schöllhorn
authors.affiliation: Heart Centre Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: bartosz.rylski@universitaets-herzzentrum.de.
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rylski
authors.affiliation: Heart Centre Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Friedhelm
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beyersdorf
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D058385:Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques