NYMC Faculty Publications

Single Patch Technique for Aortic Annulus Reconstruction in Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

Author Type(s)

Student, Faculty

DOI

10.1510/mmcts.2024.014

Journal Title

Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-24-2024

Department

Surgery

Abstract

Aortic root reconstruction during aortic root replacement for a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis and aortic root abscess can be a difficult procedure with many possible complications. In this video case report, we describe our novel technique using a single bovine pericardial patch that avoids deep stitches or external sutures to support the friable annulus. Compared with more standard methods, this approach has shorter cross-clamp and cardiopulmonary bypass times and is less demanding technically.

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