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What is the Best Bioprosthetic Operation for the Small Aortic Root?: Allograft, Autograft, Porcine, Pericardial? Stented or Unstented?
Author(s) -
BarrattBoyes Brian G.,
Christie Grant W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1994.tb00917.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic root , aortic valve , body orifice , surgery , prosthesis design , aorta , anatomy
A bstract Durability is assessed with regard to valve position, patient age, and the techniques of graft preparation for each of the tissue valves. Design affects both durability and the effective orifice area. It is assessed for each of the available devices, with particular emphasis on the stentless porcine valve. The effect that differences between this glutaraldehyde fixed device and the allograft valve may have on techniques of implantation is analyzed. On the basis of this information, an attempt is made to grade the currently available tissue valves with a satisfactory intermediate‐term performance for use in the small aortic root. ( J Card Surg 1994;9[Suppl]:158–164 )