Aortic Annular Enlargement with the Use of a Homograft Valve

W. Konertz; P. Hamann; Th. Hachenberg; E. Schlüter; H. H. Scheld

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1020155

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 40(4): 222-224
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1020155

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Aortic Annular Enlargement with the Use of a Homograft Valve

W. Konertz, P. Hamann, Th. Hachenberg¹ , E. Schlüter¹ , H. H. Scheld

Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery
¹Anaesthesiology, Münster University, Münster, Germany

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1991

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A technique of annular enlargement for use in homograft aortic valve surgery is described. Potential advantages of this technique, that allows convenient valve sizes in small aortic annuli, lie in the pediatric group of patients requiring aortic valve replacement.

Zusammenfassung

Es wird über eine Technik der dorsalen Aortoannuloplastie unter Verwendung von Homograft-Herzklappen berichtet. Anwendungsgebiete liegen bei engem Aortenklappenannulus und mÖglicherweise auch im pädiatrischen kardioloigschen Krankengut.

Key words

Aortic valve replacement - Small aortic annulus - Annuloplasty