title: Five-year follow up of Konno aortoventriculoplasty for repeat aortic valve replacement in an adult patient.
abstract: Konno aortoventriculoplasty (AVP) is performed for various types of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. We report on a 32-year-old woman who had undergone double valve replacement five years earlier. She presented with increased interventricular septum thickness, small aortic root and gradient across the aortic mechanical valve. We performed Konno AVP with repeat aortic valve replacement (AVR). The control echocardiography showed no significant residual gradient. Konno AVP with repeat AVR may be safely performed with satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Akut Kalp Damar Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.affiliation: Akut Kalp Damar Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Akut Kalp Damar Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gunseri Uysul
authors.initials: GU
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.affiliation: Akut Kalp Damar Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tulukoglu
authors.affiliation: Akut Kalp Damar Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey. aliparlar20@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ali Ihsan
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Parlar
authors.affiliation: Akut Kalp Damar Hastanesi, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Isik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*