Park's Stitch for a Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a Patient on LVAD Support | Zendy

MaozMetzl Daniel | Zendy; Morsy Mohamed | Zendy; Khalife Wissam I. | Zendy; Lick Scott D. | Zendy

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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)

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