• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · May 2012

    Case Reports

    Sutureless aortic bioprosthesis in severe aortic root calcification: an innovative approach.

    • Giovanni Concistrè, Pierandrea Farneti, Antonio Miceli, and Mattia Glauber.
    • Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Fondazione CNR-G. Monasterio, Massa, Italy. gioconci@libero.it
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 May 1;14(5):670-2.

    AbstractAortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with severe aortic root calcification is technically a very difficult procedure which requires a long cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time, especially in patients undergoing complex procedures such as multivalve or valve and coronary surgery. We report a case of successful AVR with an innovative approach in a patient with an extensively calcified aortic root and concomitant tricuspid valve regurgitation who underwent mitral valve replacement 20 years ago.

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