Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement: Early Experience With the De Paulis Valsalva Graft in 51 Patients

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 548 - 553
• Main Authors: Patel, Nishant D., Williams, Jason A., Barreiro, Christopher J., Bethea, Brian T., Fitton, Torin P., Dietz, Harry C., Lima, Joao A.C., Spevak, Philip J., Gott, Vincent L., Vricella, Luca A., Cameron, Duke E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - surgery; Aortic Valve - surgery; Aortic Valve Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Child; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Sinus of Valsalva - surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; Ultrasonography; 26; Human; Experience; Treatment; Root; Respiratory disease; Surgery; Graft; Patient; Early; Replacement; Thorax; Aortic valve

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement for treatment of aortic sinus disease avoids the problems of prosthetic valves, but some patients suffer late valve incompetence as a result of leaflet distortion or annular dilatation. The reimplantation technique using the De Paulis Valsalva graft might improv...