Ross operation after failed valve-sparing reimplantation: pulmonary autograft inclusion into the previously implanted Valsalva graft

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jan;147(1):534-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.083. Epub 2013 Nov 1.

Authors

Saadallah Tamer¹, Laurent de Kerchove², Norman Colina Manzano¹, Gebrine Elkhoury¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Laurent.dekerchove@uclouvain.be.

PMID: 24189315
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.083

No abstract available

Keywords: 2; 35.1; 35.5.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Autografts
Bioprosthesis*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Design
Pulmonary Artery / transplantation*
Pulmonary Valve / transplantation*
Reoperation
Replantation / adverse effects*
Sinus of Valsalva / surgery*
Treatment Failure