Bentall procedures involving AVR Ascending aorta plus AVR Valve-sparing root replacement Isolated ascending aorta surgery The risk calculator supports more accurate assessments of expected ...

13 patients underwent isolated cusp repair, 19 sinotubular junction remodelling, 25 valve-sparing root replacement (VSRR) and 4 hemiroot replacement. Cusp repair techniques included: 18 free margin ...

Historically, replacement of the aortic root and valve with a composite valve graft using a mechanical prosthesis has been the standard operation for patients with the MFS. Recently, valve-sparing ...

Most of the repeat procedures involved a bioprosthetic (58.8%) or mechanical (29.4%) aortic valve replacement, while 17.6% had valve-sparing root replacement. For those undergoing their first ...

Design: We compared central pulse pressure, augmentation index adjusted to a heart rate of 75 beats per minute (AIx@HR75) and pulse wave velocity in 25 Marfan patients who had under-gone an aortic ...

Objectives Differences in indication and technique make a randomised comparison between valve-sparing root replacement (VSRR) and personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) challenging. We ...

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China Background: Total aortic root replacement (TRR) is certainly beneficial for aortic root disease, but ...

The following is the summary of “Valve-sparing root replacement after the Ross procedure” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery by Hobbs, et al. The Ross surgery ...