Hybrid Approach to a Right Aortic Arch With a Large Kommerell's Diverticulum.

A 60-year-old woman with a family history of aortic dissection in her mother was investigated for dysphagia. Her scan showed a right aortic arch with a large Kommerell's diverticulum causing esophageal compression. Her left vertebral artery, which originated abnormally low in the thorax, was embolized preoperatively to limit operative difficulties.

[Results of aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis associated with severe left ventricular dysfunction].

The operative risk of aortic valve replacement (AVR) due to tight aortic stenosis (AS) associated with severe left ventricular dysfunction is high. Several risk factors for postoperative mortality have been described, but most of the reported case series are heterogeneous. This study aimed to analyze the postoperative results of AVR in patients with isolated tight AS associated with severe left ventricular dysfunction and to identify predictive factors of in-hospital mortality.

[Cardiac hydatid cyst about 17 operated cases].

Unlabelled: Cardiac hydatid cyst is a rare parasitic disease. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical, pathological features and the outcome of the surgical treatment of cardiac hydatid disease in our unit over a twenty-year period.

Methods: Between May 1994 and May 2014, seventeen cases of cardiac hydatid cysts were operated at our unit.

[Aortic infective endocarditis: Value of surgery. About 48 cases].

Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious disease whose prognosis depends on early management. Aortic location is characterized by its evolution toward myocardial failure and the high number of complications reasons for early surgery.

Aim: To compare the short- and mid-terms results of surgery for aortic infective endocarditis (IE) in the active phase and the healed phase.