Surgical Options for Aortic Root Replacement in Destructive Endocarditis

Surgical Options for Aortic Root Replacement in Destructive Endocarditis

Abstract Objective: To analyze patients’ preoperative characteristics, surgical data, postoperative courses, and short- and long-term outcomes after implantation of different full-root prostheses for destructive aortic valve endocarditis. Methods: Between 1999 and 2018, 80 patients underwent aorti...

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Main Authors: Marcin Szczechowicz, Alexander Weymann, Sabreen Mkalaluh, Ahmed Mashhour, Konstantin Zhigalov, Jerry Easo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
endocarditis, bacterial
aortic valve
reoperation
heterografts
transplantation, heterologous
stents
allografts
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