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Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University Mansoura, Egypt.
The Ross procedure continues to be the best procedure to address unrepairable aortic valve pathology, especially in young adults. The Achilles heel of this procedure has been aortic root dilation and the potential need for a reoperation that may be associated with slightly increased risks in addition to the need for intervention on the pulmonary outflow tract. Modifying the Ross procedure by autograft inclusion inside a Dacron graft seems to have the potential advantage of stabilizing the autograft diameter, which may be associated with improved durability and decrease the need for future intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Thorac Surg Short Rep
September 2024
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Background: In small children with left atrioventricular valve dysfunction, valve repair is preferred but some will require valve replacement. No prosthetic valve has growth potential, bioprostheses have poor durability, and mechanical prostheses have high rates of thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications. We reviewed our experience with a modified bovine jugular vein valve designed for use in the right ventricular outflow tract (Melody valve, Medtronic) and compared this with contemporary mechanical valve replacement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur Heart J Case Rep
December 2024
Paediatric Interventional Cardiology Unit, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Paseo de la Vall d'Hebron, 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Background: The Edwards Sapien percutaneous valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) is a promising therapeutic option for congenital atrioventricular disease mostly because of the possibility to accommodate somatic growth with balloon dilatation.
Case Summary: This article reports the performance of the Edwards Sapien 3 valve in atrioventricular valve position in four paediatric patients.
Discussion: Despite aggressive antiplatelet and anticoagulation strategies, most patients showed early bioprosthesis dysfunction, with increasing gradient not related with somatic growth.
J Cardiothorac Surg
November 2024
Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, 100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY, 10595, USA.
Background And Objective: Tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) is required when repair is not feasible, and it continues to be a relatively high-risk procedure owing to the complex medical and/or surgical profile of patients. The choice between mechanical and biological prostheses for TVR remains a subject of debate owing to their distinct advantages and disadvantages. This study aimed to analyse and compare the clinical outcomes of these two types of prostheses in the tricuspid position.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Thorac Dis
August 2024
CAROL-Cardiothoracic Anatomy Research Operative Lab, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Background: In the era of percutaneous aortic valve implantation, biological valves are the preferred prostheses implanted in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (sAVR). The aim was to present a real-life analysis of mid-term sAVR outcomes for the four aortic bioprostheses: the Hancock II, the Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna, the Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna Ease and the Trifecta valve.
Methods: This is a retrospective study based on data from the Polish National Cardiac Surgery Database.
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