Outcomes of RDAVR with Coronary Revascularization: 3-year Results from the German INCA Registry.

Background:  The long-term outcomes of combined rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement (RDAVR) with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) are not well explored. We report 3-year results from the INCA registry on combined RDAVR with CABG.

Methods:  INCA is a prospective, multicenter registry that enrolled 224 patients undergoing RDAVR with CABG at 10 cardiac institutions in Germany.

Bio-Bentall With Self-Assembled Composite Graft: An Update After Two Decades of Experience.

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term results after aortic root replacement using a self-assembled composite graft with a biological valve prosthesis.

Methods: Between 1998 and 2021, a total of 308 bio-Bentall procedures were performed by use of the described technique exclusively. The average age of the cohort patients was 68.

Reoperative Aortic Arch Surgery under Mild Systemic Hypothermia: Two-Center Experience.

Background:  The aim of the study was to assess the indications, surgical strategies, and outcomes after reoperative aortic arch surgery performed generally under mild hypothermia.

Methods:  Ninety consecutive patients (60 males, mean age, 55 ± 16 years) underwent open reoperative aortic arch surgery after previous cardiac aortic surgery. The indications included chronic-progressive arch aneurysm (55.

Efficacy of unilateral cerebral perfusion for brain protection in aortic arch surgery.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the surgical and neurological outcomes after aortic arch surgery using unilateral cerebral perfusion.

Methods: Between June 2004 and February 2017, a total of 1000 patients (mean age 63 ± 12; range, 14-88 years) with nonacutely dissected aortic pathology (aneurysm, porcelain aorta, chronic dissection, infection, and injury in 89.1%, 4.

Operative and Long-Term Outcomes After Curative Repair of Acute Dissection Involving the Proximal Aorta.

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate operative and long-term results after acute type A aorta dissection (AAAD) operation, in which complete resection of all dissected aortic segments (curative repair) was achieved.

Methods: Among 205 consecutive patients operated on between 2002 and 2014 because of AAAD were 88 patients (42.9%), in whom the dissection did not extend into the downstream aorta.