Rapid deployment aortic valve replacement in the setting of concomitant mitral valve procedures

Matthias Bechtel; Markus Schlömicher; Vadim Moustafine; Justus Thomas Strauch

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezw327

Rapid deployment aortic valve replacement in the setting of concomitant mitral valve procedures

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Apr 1;51(4):792-793. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw327.

Authors

Matthias Bechtel¹, Markus Schlömicher¹, Vadim Moustafine¹, Justus Thomas Strauch²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ruhr-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany.
² Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany.

PMID: 27744323
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw327

Abstract

The technique of rapid deployment aortic valve implantation in patients with concomitant mitral valve surgery is described and the outcome of our first 25 patients reported.

Keywords: Aortic valve replacement; Mitral valve disease.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Mitral Valve / surgery*