Mitro-aortic fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and concomitant aortic stenosis: How to kill two birds with a stone.

Pseudoaneurysm of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P-MAIVF) is a rare acquired malformation of the mitral-aortic intervalvular area. It appears as a pulsatile cavity in the mitral-aortic junction communicating with the left ventricular outflow tract. P-MAIVF has been reported as a complication of aortic and mitral valve surgery, infective endocarditis, and thoracic trauma.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with poor outcomes in patients who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement, whereas its prognostic role in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate outcomes in patients with advanced CKD who underwent TAVI. A total of 1,904 consecutive patients who underwent balloon-expandable TAVI in 33 centers between 2007 and 2012 were enrolled in the Italian Transcatheter Balloon-Expandable Valve Implantation Registry.

[Omentopexy associated with the use of Redon catheters in post-cardiac surgery mediastinitis with vascular prosthesis infection: immediate results in five patients].

Background: Post-cardiac surgery mediastinitis is a dangerous complication with an elevated mortality risk particularly when infection affects vascular prostheses. In this paper we report our experience with the use of extensive disinfection and washing of the mediastinum with iodopovidone, followed by omental transposition into the chest with the use of Redon catheters.

Methods: Between September 2001 and March 2007, 5 patients were treated with this technique (submitted to Bentall intervention in 2 cases, substitution of the ascending aorta, Bentall intervention with substitution of the aortic arch and substitution of the aortic arch in 1 case, respectively), due to a sternomediastinitis and correlated infection of the vascular prosthesis.

Clinical outcomes of mitral valve repair with the Colvin-Galloway Future Band: a single-center experience.

Objectives: In 2001, a semirigid band (Colvin-Galloway Future Band, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) for mitral valve repair came onto the market. We report our experience of the correction of all types of mitral regurgitation using this device.

[Bentall operation after previous repair of tetralogy of Fallot].

Pathologies that involve the ascending aorta are described in case reports of patients after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Here, we present a case report. Preoperative tests showed an aortic ratio of > 1.