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Left Ventricular Apex to Descending Aorta Valved Conduit: Description of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiographic Findings in Four Cases
Author(s) -
Kerut Edmund Kenneth,
Hanawalt Curtis,
Everson Charles T.,
Frank Robert A.,
Giles Thomas D.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00463.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electrical conduit , ventricle , cardiology , stenosis , descending aorta , aorta , aortic valve , apex (geometry) , anatomy , mechanical engineering , engineering
Patients with critical aortic stenosis and a “porcelain” aorta are at an increased risk for complications with aortic cross‐clamping during valve replacement. To our knowledge, this is the first report of both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings of the left ventricle to the descending aorta (LVDA) valved conduit. We present results of four patients in whom this procedure was performed for critical aortic stenosis, who also had a porcelain aorta. “Normal” echo and Doppler findings, along with those of development of a regurgitant valve within the conduit, are presented.