Valve-sparing neoaortic root replacement late after the Norwood and Fontan procedures.

Kanzaki, Tomohito; Yamagishi, Masaaki; Miyazaki, Takako; Maeda, Yoshinobu; Yaku, Hitoshi · Ann Thorac Surg · 2015

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Neoaortic root dilatation is a significant and inevitable late complication in patients after the Norwood operation. In this report, we describe a patient who had left pulmonary artery compression and severe neoaortic regurgitation from a severely dilated neoaortic root 11 years after the Norwood operation and subsequent Fontan procedure. We performed successful valve-sparing neoaortic root replacement in this patient.

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