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Valve‐Sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Author(s) -
Sin Yoong K.,
Pillai Ravi G.
Publication year - 2000
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.1540-8191.2000.tb01304.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic root , cardiology , hemodynamics , aortic valve , aortic valve replacement , sinus (botany) , aorta , surgery , stenosis , botany , biology , genus
A bstract Aortic root replacement with sparing of the aortic valve in selected patients with isolated sinus of Valsava or sinotubular aneurysm and a normal valve provides the advantages of an anticoagulation‐free milieu and a more physiological root hemodynamic. The clinical efficacy and durability have been documented. This report describes a simple and reproducible technique of aortic root remodeling that uses a prosthetic conduit as originally pioneered by Magdi Yacoub and later by Tirone David.