Porcelain aorta does not mean inoperability but needs special strategies

Thierry Carrel; Paul Robert Vogt

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivac222

Porcelain aorta does not mean inoperability but needs special strategies

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 Sep 9;35(4):ivac222. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac222.

Authors

Thierry Carrel¹, Paul Robert Vogt¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

Abstract

Porcelain aorta is not an absolute contraindication for aortic valve and/or coronary bypass grafting but it requires a special strategy and individualized approach to minimize the risk of embolic complications and technical problems during opening and/or closing the aortotomy.

Keywords: Aortic valve replacement; Coronary bypass grafting; Hypothermic circulatory arrest; Porcelain aorta; Xeno-pericardial patch.

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aorta / surgery
Aortic Diseases* / complications
Aortic Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Diseases* / surgery
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / complications
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis* / surgery
Dental Porcelain
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Humans

Substances

Dental Porcelain