[Double mitro-aortic valve replacement in a high-risk patient: the sutureless way]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2014 Feb;15(2):128-9. doi: 10.1714/1424.15784.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The mitro-aortic disease in high-risk patients is a challenge for the cardiac surgeon because minimally invasive techniques are difficult to apply. We report the first case in the literature of a 78-year-old woman affected by severe rheumatic steno-insufficiency of aortic and mitral valves at high surgical risk. The patient was successfully treated by mitral valve replacement with a biological prosthesis and concomitant aortic valve replacement with a sutureless prosthesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / pathology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / pathology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index