title: Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement after Previous Mechanical Valve Implantation.
abstract: Recent studies report a reproducible reduction of myocardial ischemic and cardiopulmonary bypass times along with excellent hemodynamics and low rates of paravalvular leakage for rapid-deployment valves. A 68-year-old female patient with aortic stenosis and a mechanical mitral valve which was implanted in 2006 received rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement. The procedure could be performed with a cross-clamp time of 45 minutes and a cardiopulmonary bypass time of 60 minutes. Postoperative course was uncomplicated and the patient was discharged to the referring hospital on postoperative day 8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlömicher
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter Lukas
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Haldenwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Vadim
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moustafine
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bechtel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ruhr University Hospital Bergmannsheil - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
authors.forename: Justus Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Strauch
keywords: aortic root; aortic valve; reoperation; valve surgery