Transient dysfunction of the Freestyle stentless xenograft

Authors
Uemura, K Utoh, J Hara, M Ikuta, Y Kitamura, N
Citation
K. Uemura et al., Transient dysfunction of the Freestyle stentless xenograft, ANN THORAC, 68(6), 1999, pp. 2342-2344
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
00034975 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2342 - 2344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(199912)68:6<2342:TDOTFS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
After replacement of a bicuspid aortic valve with a Freestyle stentless xen ograft, right coronary leaflet dysfunction and an elevated pressure gradien t developed. Attempts to match the right and left ostia of the prosthesis, which were located at an angle of less than 120 degrees, to the native righ t and left ostia, which were located at 180 degrees, may have resulted in t he leaflet distension. This is a suggestive finding about its implantation technique. (C) 1999 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.