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Valve‐Sparing Aortic Root Remodeling with Reinforcement of the Proximal Aortic Suture‐Line
Author(s) -
Calcaterra Domenico,
Garcia Lisardo,
Panos Anthony,
Salerno Tomas A.,
Ricci Marco
Publication year - 2009
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.1540-8191.2009.00849.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic root , suture line , aortic valve , cardiology , fibrous joint , dilation (metric space) , surgery , aorta , mathematics , combinatorics
Valve‐sparing aortic root remodeling is associated with the risk of bleeding from the proximal aortic‐graft suture line and subsequent annular dilation leading to aortic valve failure. Herein we describe a simple technique that may be used in valve‐sparing root operations to prevent bleeding and improve annular stability.