title: Valve-sparing neoaortic root replacement late after the Norwood and Fontan procedures.
abstract: Neoaortic root dilatation is a significant and inevitable late complication in patients after the Norwood operation. In this report, we describe a patient who had left pulmonary artery compression and severe neoaortic regurgitation from a severely dilated neoaortic root 11 years after the Norwood operation and subsequent Fontan procedure. We performed successful valve-sparing neoaortic root replacement in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: tomo20kp@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Tomohito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaku
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D058327:Norwood Procedures; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*