Although classic and standard procedure for patients with ascending Aorta aneurysm with Sever aortic Regurgitation is Bentall surgery but in some selected cases this complex surgery was not performed with different reason like advanced age and coexisting comorbidity involving renal and hepatic and lung Function. In our cases 75 years old man with chronic renal failure ( Cr= 3.2 ) who was known ...

IN SPITE OF, and also because of the great progress that has been made in the last decade in both clinical and basic research in the field of cardiovascular disease and in its application to the diagnosis and care of patients with heart disease, exact autopsy findings, in the event of death, have never been more important or more meaningful. With the rapid introduction of new technics, new tool...

A technique for complete replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta in cases of aneurysm of the ascending aorta with aortic valve ectasia is described. The proximal aortic root was too attenuated to afford anchorage to the aortic prosthesis, so this was sutured to the ring of a Starr valve and the prostheses were inserted en bloc. The ostia of the coronary arteries were anastomosed to ...

Fig. 2. Fixing of valved conduit to left ventricular outflow tract with peri-cardial strip. blood and blood products transfusion, which has its own implications and complications. Sometimes it leads to alarming postoperative drainage mandating re-exploration. Many modifications have been suggested to prevent this complication. Bentall and De Bono wrapped the graft with native aneurysm wall, but...

Double aortic arch is a common form of complete vascular ring that encircles both the trachea and the esophagus, and presents with various respiratory and esophageal symptoms, usually in the pediatric population. We present a case of double aortic arch in an adult patient that manifested as massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding after prolonged nasogastric intubation.

BACKGROUND As the population ages, bioprosthesis are increasingly being used in cardiac valve replacement. Pericardial bioprosthesis combine an excellent hemodynamic performance with low thrombogenicity, but valve failure associated with calcification remains a concern with these valves. We describe distortion of the bioprosthesis ring as a risk factor for early calcification. METHODS A total...

Many conventional technologies for fabricating tissue engineering scaffolds are not suitable for fabricating scaffolds with patient-specific attributes. For example, many conventional technologies for fabricating tissue engineering scaffolds do not provide control over overall scaffold geometry or over cell position within the scaffold. In this study, the use of computer-aided laser micromachin...

The Conundrum of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Anna Franzone, MD, PhD; Stephan Windecker, MD · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · e005514 When Device Failure Translates to Therapeutic Efficacy: Intentional Fracture of Bioprosthetic Valve Rings as an Adjunctive Technique in Transcatheter Valve-i...

A right aortic arch is an anatomic variant only occurring in approximately 0.1% of the population. A mirror-image right artic arch without congenital cardiac anomaly is fairly uncommon. We report on a rare case of dysphagia due to isolated aortic diverticulum in a mirror-image right aortic arch. A 72-year-old man presented with dysphagia which was due to posterior compression of the esophagus b...