[The completion Bentall procedure: aortic root and ascending aorta replacement after prior aortic valve replacement]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2021 Oct;22(10):851-853. doi: 10.1714/3666.36516.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

We describe the case of a patient with an ascending aorta and aortic root aneurysm who underwent aortic valve replacement, 14 years earlier, with a mechanical prosthesis, which was normally functioning at time of reoperation. We describe the "completion Bentall" technique - a modified Bentall technique -, a procedure for prosthesis-sparing aortic root replacement. This technique simplifies the original procedure in reinterventions, reducing complication rates and aortic cross-clamping and cardiopulmonary bypass times, with a good surgical result.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm* / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / surgery
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Reoperation
  • Treatment Outcome