title: The perceval S aortic valve implantation in patients with porcelain aorta; is this ideal option?
abstract: We would like to present in this paper a patient with severe aortic valve stenosis referred to our department for surgical aortic valve replacement. In this patient, it was intraoperatively detected an unexpected heavily calcified porcelain ascending aorta. We present the treatment options in this situation, the difficulties affronted intraoperatively, the significance of the preoperative chest computed tomography scan and the use of the Perceval S aortic valve as ideal bioprosthesis implantation. This is a self-expanding, self-anchoring, and sutureless valve with a wide indication in all patients requiring aortic bioprosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Baikoussis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dedeilias
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Efstathia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prappa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Michalis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Argiriou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*