Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical Center, Iran Univ of Medical Sciences, Vali Asr Blvd Mellat park,Tehran,Iran
Abstract
Background- An obvious substitute for the diseased aortic valve is a healthy duplicate. Despite increasing experience in a half century, the search for an ideal valve replacement for a diseased aortic valve continues.Homograft (allograft) aortic valve is a good choice in endocarditis and complex aortic valve and ascending aorta pathology. Methods- Between March 1996 and Oct. 2000, ten patients (3 females, 7 males), aged 16 - 58 years (mean 32.6) underwent aortic root replacement using cryopreserved aortic homograft, due to native or prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and aneurysm of ascending aorta. Results- The length of hospital stay was 10 to 85 days (mean 32.6) with one in-hospital death (%10). The patients were followed up for 1 to 90 months (mean 35.2) with no incidence of thromboemboli, endocarditis, or reoperation and are now in good functional class. Conclusion- Aortic root replacement is the procedure of choice in endocarditis. It could be done even in high-risk and redo patients with acceptable mortality.
OMRANI, M., GIVTAJ, N., YOUSEFNIA, M., SADEGHPOUR TABAEI, A., BASIRI, H., & PANAHIPOUR, A. (2004). EARLY EXPERIENCE AND MID - TERM RESULTS WITH HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT. Iranian Heart Journal, 5(1.2), 26-28.
MLA
M. OMRANI; NADER GIVTAJ; M.A. YOUSEFNIA; A. SADEGHPOUR TABAEI; H. BASIRI; A.A. PANAHIPOUR. "EARLY EXPERIENCE AND MID - TERM RESULTS WITH HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT". Iranian Heart Journal, 5, 1.2, 2004, 26-28.
HARVARD
OMRANI, M., GIVTAJ, N., YOUSEFNIA, M., SADEGHPOUR TABAEI, A., BASIRI, H., PANAHIPOUR, A. (2004). 'EARLY EXPERIENCE AND MID - TERM RESULTS WITH HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT', Iranian Heart Journal, 5(1.2), pp. 26-28.
VANCOUVER
OMRANI, M., GIVTAJ, N., YOUSEFNIA, M., SADEGHPOUR TABAEI, A., BASIRI, H., PANAHIPOUR, A. EARLY EXPERIENCE AND MID - TERM RESULTS WITH HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT. Iranian Heart Journal, 2004; 5(1.2): 26-28.
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