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Full-root Aortic Valve Replacement by Stentless Aortic Xenografts in Patients with Small Aortic Roots
Published on: May 21, 2017
Aortic root replacement for aortic root aneurysm with severe aortic regurgitation and incidentally detected left
Sergey Boldyrev1,2, Josef Finsterer3, Claudia Stöllberger3
1Scientific Research Institute - Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital #1, 140 Rossiyskaya St, Krasnodar, 350086 Russia.
Abstract:
A 54-year-old male with severe aortic regurgitation (AR), aortic root aneurysm, left ventricular hyper-trabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT) and systolic dysfunction with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 52% underwent successful aortic root replacement. Intraoperative video-endoscopy confirmed LVHT. At 3-year follow-up, he remains in an excellent clinical condition and echocardiography shows an improvement of the systolic function, LVHT and LVEF of 66%. Timely surgical correction of severe AR may also lead to improvement of systolic function in a patient with LVHT.
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