The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006; 54(4): 280-281DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873062 Short Communications © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Apicoaortic Conduit - A Technical Modification C. Schmid1 , H. H. Scheld1 , T. D. T. Tjan1 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract We report on a technical modification in the creation of an apicoaortic conduit which was successfully performed in a 49-year-old patient with porcelain aorta and previous off-pump coronary revascularization. Key words Apicoaortic conduit - porcelain aorta - calcified aorta - aortic stenosis Full Text References References 1 Sarnoff S J, Donovan T J, Case R B. The surgical relief of aortic stenosis by means of apical aortic anastomoses. Circulation. 1950; 11 564-574 2 Vassiliades T A. Off-pump apicoaortic conduit insertion for high-risk patients with aortic stenosis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003; 23 156-158 3 Cooley D A, Lopez R M, Absi T S. Apicoaortic conduit for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: revisited. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000; 69 1511-1514 MD Christof Schmid Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SugeryUniversity Hospital Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 33 48149 Münster Germany Phone: + 492518357412 Fax: + 49 25 18 34 83 16 Email: schmid@uni-muenster.de
