Valve-sparing operation for aortic root aneurysm in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.

Suematsu, Yoshihiro; Morota, Tetsuro; Kubota, Hiroshi; Ninomiya, Mikio; Takamoto, Shinichi · Ann Thorac Surg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Aortic root aneurysms are not rare in patients with bicuspid aortic valve, but valve-sparing operations to treat them remain challenging. We describe our surgical method of reconstructing only two commissures, which is extremely simple and easy to reproduce without aortic stenosis.

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