title: Sutureless aortic valve and mitral valve repair in redo cases - really an off-label approach?
abstract: Sutureless aortic valve replacement (AVR) was developed as an alternative treatment option to conventional open-heart surgery and transcatheter aortic valve implantation for "gray zone" patients. The need for concurrent mitral valve surgery is generally viewed as a contraindication to sutureless AVR. The purpose of this brief paper is to report our experiences with sutureless valves in patients after previous cardiac procedures with degenerated aortic bioprostheses and concomitant mitral valve disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Júlia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Čanádyová
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Aleš
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mokráček
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vojtěch
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kurfirst
keywords: mitral valve surgery; sutureless aortic valve