The Bentall Procedure on the Anatomic Right Ventricular Outflow Tract for Posterior Transposition of the Great
Kohei Kitamura1, Keiichi Itatani1, Akimasa Morisaki2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Abstract:
The patient was a 21-year-old male who underwent the Jatene procedure at 5 months of age for posterior transposition of the great arteries (double-outlet right ventricular type). At 4 years of age, the patient underwent mechanical aortic valve replacement with aortic root augmentation using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch for severe neo-aortic regurgitation. Mechanical valve failure occurred due to pannus formation. We performed the Bentall procedure on the aortic root, which involved the pulmonary artery and a severely calcified expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch. A composite graft was safely positioned on the anatomic right ventricular outflow tract aortic root under four-dimensional imaging guidance.


