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Full-root Aortic Valve Replacement by Stentless Aortic Xenografts in Patients with Small Aortic Roots
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"Snake-jaw" graft for aortic valve exposure during LVAD implant
Scott D Lick1, Andras C Kollar, Vincent R Conti
1Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0528, USA. slick@utmb.edu
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|October 1, 2010
Abstract:
We report a simple technique of LVAD outflow anastomosis as patch closure of a standard aortotomy during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant. Benefits are a single aortotomy, a low graft leaving ample native aorta for transplant, a wide-open LVAD outflow, and excellent aortic valve exposure.

