VALVE REPLACEMENT IN SMALL AORTIC ROOT; A TEN-YEAR EXPERIECE OF AORTIC ROOT RECONSTRUCTION BY MANOUGUIAN’S TECHNIQUE

authors:

avatar Alireza Alizadeh Ghavidel 1 , *

Iran
Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Annals: Vol.2, issue 1; e8693
published online: January 14, 2008
article type: Research Article
received: September 08, 2016
accepted: January 14, 2008

How To Cite Alizadeh Ghavidel A. VALVE REPLACEMENT IN SMALL AORTIC ROOT; A TEN-YEAR EXPERIECE OF AORTIC ROOT RECONSTRUCTION BY MANOUGUIAN’S TECHNIQUE. Multidiscip Cardio Annal. 2008;2(1):e8693. 

Abstract

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with a small aortic annulus may represent a surgical challenge. Although new generation heart valves especially stentless bioprosthesis minimize the need for aortic annulus enlargement procedures but there were some conditions that necessitate the aortic root enlarging method to implant a suitable size of prosthesis. We evaluated the midterm results of the Manouguian procedure as a simple method to aortic root enlargement

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