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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Published on: December 11, 2017
Surgical treatment in a patient with multiple systemic complications of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis: case
Necip Becit1, Münacettin Ceviz, Hikmet Koçak
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Atatürk University Medical Faculty, Erzurum, Turkey. necipbecit@hotmail.com
Abstract:
A 31-year-old woman who had undergone aortic and mitral valve replacement 1 year previously was hospitalized with suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis. Freestyle stentless aortic xenograft was successfully replaced using freestanding total aortic root replacement techniques at the left ventricular outflow tract position, and aorta-to-right coronary artery bypass was also applied with a saphenous vein graft. The patient developed multiple systemic problems during the preoperative and postoperative periods and was successfully treated with intensive interventions. She was discharged at the postoperative fourth month, and the following 28 months were uneventful.
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