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- Title
Sutureless aortic valve replacement in a calcified homograft combined with mitral valve replacement.
- Authors
Akca, Ferdi; Lam, Kayan; Özdemir, Ibrahim; Tan, Erwin
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Aortic valve replacement in a patient with an aortic homograft can be very challenging, especially when concomitant mitral valve surgery needs to be performed.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>We report a case of implantation of a sutureless aortic valve bioprosthesis combined with mitral valve replacement in a patient with a severely calcified aortic homograft where conventional valve replacement was technically unfeasible.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>We believe that sutureless AVR is a viable option especially for young patients with a high surgical risk where conventional valve replacement cannot be achieved.
- Subjects
HEART valve prosthesis implantation; AORTIC valve surgery; MITRAL valve surgery; SUTURES; HOMOGRAFTS; CARDIAC surgery; SURGICAL complication risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13019-017-0642-0