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Apico-aortic conduit for aortic stenosis with a porcelain aorta; technical modification for apical outflow
Masanori Hirota1, Masaya Oi, Tadashi Omoto
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ward, Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan. mhirota@khc.biglobe.ne.jp
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
|July 9, 2009
Abstract:
A successful apico-aortic bypass for a patient with a porcelain aorta suffering from aortic stenosis is reported. A sewing cuff with an outflow graft to the apex and a hand-made composite graft were used instead of a rigid apical connector.

