title: Aortic root replacement with a valve-sparing technique for quadricuspid aortic valve.
abstract: A 67-year old man with ascending aortic aneurysm was referred because of a quadricuspid aortic valve. He underwent aortic root replacement with a valve-sparing technique. Under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, replacement of the ascending aorta was successfully performed. The postoperative course was uneventful without recurrence of aortic regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan yokita@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Annuloaortic ectasia; Aortic root replacement; Quadricuspid aortic valve; Valve sparing