Aortic Root Surgery: The Biological Solution

Contents


Imaging of the aortic root
Perioperative imaging for assessing aortic
and mitral valve diseases and surgical procedures . . . 3
M. Kukucka
z Innovations in aortic valve surgery
The aortic root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C. A. Yankah, M. Pasic, E. Ivanitskaia-K?n,
J. Kempfert, T. Walther, F.W. Mohr, R. Hetzer
Percutaneous transluminal aortic valve replacement:
The CoreValve prosthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
U. Gerckens, L. B?lesfeld, G. Latsios, R. M?ler,
B. Sauren, S. Iversen, E. Grube
Transapical aortic valve implantation
?a truly minimally invasive option
for high-risk patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
J. Kempfert, F.W. Mohr, T. Walther
From minimally invasive
to percutaneous aortic valve replacement . . . . . . . . . . 46
L. Conradi, H. Treede, H. Reichenspurner
Sutureless equine aortic valve replacement . . . . . . . . 57
S. Martens
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z The Ross operation: Aortic valve and root
replacement with pulmonary autograft
Pulmonary autograft or aortic allograft for surgical
treatment of active infective aortic valve endocarditis:
a review of the literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
C. A. Yankah
The Ross operation:
two decades of clinical experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
J.F.M. Bechtel, H.-H. Sievers, T. Hanke, U. Stierle,
A. J. J. J. C. Bogers, W. Hemmer, J.O. B?m, J. G. Rein,
C. A. Botha, R. Lange, J. H?er, A. Moritz, T. Wahlers,
U.F.W. Franke, M. Breuer, K. Ferrari-K?ne,
R. Hetzer, M. H?ler, G. Ziemer, A.W. Gorski,
J. J.M. Takkenberg, M. Misfeld
on behalf of the German-Dutch Ross Registry
z Aortic valve repair
and valve sparing root procedures
The bicuspid aortic valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
J.F.M. Bechtel, M. Misfeld, C. Schmidtke,
H.-H. Sievers
From dynamic anatomy to conservative
aortic valve surgery: the tale of the ring . . . . . . . . . . 102
E. Lansac, I. Di Centa
Yacoub/David techniques for aortic root operation:
success and failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
J.F.M. Bechtel, H. H. Sievers, T. Hanke, E. I. Charitos,
C. Schmidtke, E. G. Kraatz, U. Stierle, M. Misfeld
Aortic annuloplasty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
W.F. Northrup III, S.D. Rollins
Correction of aortic valve incompetence
combined with ascending aortic aneurysm
by relocation of the aortic valve plane
through a short-length aortic graft replacement . . . . 178
R. Hetzer, N. Solowjowa, M. Kukucka,
C. Knosalla, R. R?tgen
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Using BioGlue to achieve hemostasis
in aortic root surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
S. A. LeMaire, J. S. Coselli
z Endocarditis
Challenges in the surgical management
of infective endocarditis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
C.-A. Mestres, J.M. Mir? Clinical results of the Shelhigh?stentless bioprosthesis
in patients with active infective endocarditis:
8-year single center experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
M. Musci, Y. Weng, H. Siniawski, S. Kosky, M. Pasic,
M. H?ler, A. Amiri, J. Stein, R. Meyer, R. Hetzer
Double valve endocarditis and evolving
paraannular abscess formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
H. Siniawski, M. Dandel, H. B. Lehmkuhl,
C. A. Yankah, R. Hetzer
Aortic root abscess:
reconstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract
and allograft aortic valve and root replacement . . . . . 243
C. A. Yankah, M. Pasic, H. Siniawski, Y. Weng,
R. Hetzer
Implantation techniques of freehand subcoronary
aortic valve and root replacement with a cryopreserved
allograft for aortic root abscess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
C. A. Yankah, M. Pasic, Y. Weng, R. Hetzer
z Surgery for atrial fibrillation
Cryoablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation
in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve
surgery ?Technique and recent results . . . . . . . . . . . 291
J. Passage, M.A. Borger, J. Seeburger, A. Rastan,
T. Walther, N. Doll, F.W. Mohr
Contents z XIII
Minimally invasive endoscopic ablation on the beating
heart in patients with lone atrial fibrillation . . . . . . . 302
U. Rosendahl, J. Ennker
z Hemodynamic evaluation
of the bioprosthetic aortic valves
Evaluation of bioprosthetic valve performance as a
function of geometric orifice area and space efficiency
?a reliable alternative to effective orifice area . . . . . . 313
J. Sauter
z Long-term results of biological valves
Stentless bioprostheses
Stented and stentless aortic bioprostheses:
competitive or complimentary? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
W.R. E. Jamieson
Edwards Prima Plus Stentless Bioprosthesis:
long-term clinical and hemodynamic results . . . . . . . 346
A. Fabbri, A. D뭀nofrio, S. Auriemma, G.D. Cresce,
C. Piccin, A. Favaro, P. Magagna
The Cryo-Life O묪rian stentless valve: 1991?008 . . . . 356
U. Hvass, T. Joudinaud
Medtronic stentless Freestyle? porcine aortic valve replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
J. Ennker, A. Albert, I. Florath
The ATS 3 f Aortic Bioprosthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
J. L. Cox
The Vascutek Elan stentless porcine prosthesis ? the Glasgow experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
G. A. Berg, P. Sonecki, R.B.S. Berg, K. J.D. MacArthur
Sorin pericardial valves ?Operative technique
and early results of biological valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
S. Beholz, S. Meyer, N. von Wasielewski,
W.F. Konertz
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Stented bioprostheses
The changing role of pericardial tissue
in biological valve surgery: 22 years?experience
with the Sorin Mitroflow stented pericardial valve . . . 417
C. A. Yankah, M. Pasic, J. Stein, C. Detschades,
H. Siniawski, R. Hetzer
20 years?durability of Carpentier-Edwards Perimount
stented pericardial aortic valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
E. Bergo?d, M.R. Aupart, A. Mirza, Y. A. Meurisse,
A. L. Sirinelli, P. H. Neville, M.A. Marchand
Twenty-year experience with the St. Jude Medical
Biocor bioprosthesis in the aortic position . . . . . . . . . 452
W. Eichinger
20-Year durability of bioprostheses
in the aortic position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
W.R. E. Jamieson
Clinical results including hemodynamic performance
of the Medtronic Mosaic porcine bioprosthesis
up to ten years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
F.-C. Riess, R. Bader, E. Cramer, L. Hansen,
B. Kleijnen, G. Wahl, J. Wallrath, S. Winkel,
N. Bleese
Aortic root replacement
with the BioValsalva prosthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
D. Pacini, R. Di Bartolomeo
Valve replacement in renal dialysis patients:
bioprostheses versus mechanical prostheses . . . . . . . . 498
W.R. E. Jamieson, V. Chan
Replacement of bioprostheses
after structural valve deterioration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
C. A. Yankah, M. Pasic, H. Siniawski, J. Stein,
C. Detschades, A. Unbehaun, N. Solowjowa,
S. Buz, Y. Weng, R. Hetzer
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z Predictors of patient뭩 outcome
Predicted outcomes after aortic valve replacement
in octogenarians with aortic stenosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
C. Piper, D. Hering, G. Kleikamp, R. K?fer,
D. Horstkotte
Predicted patient outcome after bioprosthetic AVR
and the Ross operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
J. J.M. Takkenberg, M.W. A. van Geldorp
z Anticoagulation
Anticoagulation and self-management of INR:
mid-term results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
H. K?tke, J. Gummert
z Tissue engineering
Biomatrix-polymer hybrid material
for heart valve tissue engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
C. Stamm, N. Grabow, G. Steinhoff
Standards for the in vitro fabrication of heart valves
using human umbilical cord cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
C. L?ers-Theuerkauf, R. Hetzer
Tissue engineering with a decellularized valve matrix 574
W. Konertz, S. Holinski, S. Dushe, A. Weymann,
W. Erdbr?ger, S. Posner, M. Stein-Konertz,
P. Dohmen
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z Regularatory issues on tissue valves
Human tissues for cardiovascular surgery:
regulatory requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
D.M. Fronk, J.D. Ferros
Concluding remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
?Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
C. A. Yankah
Atlas of biological valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
C. A. Yankah
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