title: Aortic Root Replacement for Pseudoaneurysm Arising from Freestyle Aortic Bioprosthesis.
abstract: A 70-year-old female presented with a new systolic murmur and shortness of breath three years after undergoing aortic root replacement using a 27-mm Medtronic Freestyle® stentless full root bioprosthesis (Medtronic, Inc., Fridley, Minnesota, USA). A large complex aortic root pseudoaneurysm was identified on contrasted computed tomography of the chest and transesophageal echocardiogram. We describe the redo aortic root replacement using a customized Dacron tube/valve composite graft with a proximal "skirt" and a modified Cabrol technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; and.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo-Sang
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Rochus
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Voeller
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Moon
keywords: Aortic root; Aortic valve replacement; Cabrol technique; Freestyle; Root pseudoaneurysm; Xenograft