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Park's Stitch for a Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a Patient on LVAD Support
Author(s) -
MaozMetzl Daniel,
Morsy Mohamed,
Khalife Wissam I.,
Lick Scott D.
Publication year - 2014
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/jocs.12423
Subject(s) - medicine , bicuspid aortic valve , cardiology , aortic valve insufficiency , ventricular assist device , aortic valve , surgery , heart failure
A central coaptation stitch (Park's stitch) is a simple surgical option in the management of aortic insufficiency in patients with left ventricular assist devices. We describe a 66‐year‐old male with aortic insufficiency and a bicuspid aortic valve undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation. His aortic insufficiency was successfully addressed with a Park's stitch. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12443 (J Card Surg 2014;29:846–847)