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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 66 year-old male was admitted to our clinic suffering from dyspnea on effort. Cardio thoracic ratio (CTR) was 62%. Electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe 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.
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