[The Result of Aortic Valve Plasty with Autologous Pericardium Using Sawazaki's Template].

The autologous pericardial aortic valve repair technique developed by Ozaki et al., using glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium, has demonstrated superior durability to bioprosthetic valves. However, this technique has certain limitations, including excessive cusp height and cusp fluttering due to leaflet redunduncy.

[Mitral Valve Plasty for Complicated Lesions with Barlow-like Anterior Leaflet].

A 66 year-old male was admitted to our clinic suffering from dyspnea on effort. Cardio thoracic ratio (CTR) was 62%. Electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation.

[How to Repair the Bicuspid Aortic Valve Accompanying Regurgitation?].

We repaired the bicuspid aoric valve( BAV) with aortic regurgitation( AR) by bicuspidization. However, repaired fused cusp does not open full, and shows doming. Between 1997 and 2023 we repaired 30 BAV with AR.