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Full-root Aortic Valve Replacement by Stentless Aortic Xenografts in Patients with Small Aortic Roots
Published on: May 21, 2017
[Reconstructive valve-sparing operations in acquired defects of the aortic valve]
Abstract:
Plastic operations were carried out on 50 patients with rheumatic aortic valvular diseases. Not only the aortic but also the mitral valve was corrected in 37 patients, 9 patients underwent interventions on three valves. Hospital lethality was 8%. Intraoperative measurement of hemodynamics showed adequate correction of the aortic valvular defect in most patients. The late-term results were studied in follow-up periods of 6 to 34 months. Five patients died from early septic secondary endocarditis, the cause of death in 2 cases was not identified. The results of functional methods of examination showed that the aortic valve functioned well in the other cases.
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