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 and PANAHIPOUR,A . (2004). EARLY EXPERIENCE AND MID - TERM RESULTS WITH HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT. Iranian Heart Journal, 5(1.2), 26-28.
MLA
OMRANI,M , , GIVTAJ,N , , YOUSEFNIA,M , , SADEGHPOUR TABAEI,A , , BASIRI,H , and PANAHIPOUR,A . "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.
CHICAGO
M OMRANI, N GIVTAJ, M YOUSEFNIA, A SADEGHPOUR TABAEI, H BASIRI and A PANAHIPOUR, "EARLY EXPERIENCE AND MID - TERM RESULTS WITH HOMOGRAFT AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT," Iranian Heart Journal, 5 1.2 (2004): 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.
