Cardiac autotransplantation for aortic and mitral valve replacement in a patient with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.

Adequate exposure is a prerequisite for open valve surgery. The mitral valve can rarely be very challenging to expose. We describe a redo double valve replacement in a patient with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in whom exposure of the mitral valve was achieved with cardiac autotransplantation.

One-stage repair with a new integrated stent-Dacron prosthesis for type B aortic dissection.

We describe one-stage repair for a dilated chronic type B aortic dissection in a 55-year-old man by means of a new integrated stent-graft-Dacron prosthesis (Jotec, Hechingen, Germany).