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Review
. 2014 Jan;97(1):e1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.08.017.

Aortic root replacement in a patient with left ventricular noncompaction

Jamil Hajj-Chahine  1 , Géraldine Allain  2 , Jacques Tomasi  2 , Christophe Jayle  2 , Pierre Corbi  2
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Aortic root replacement in a patient with left ventricular noncompaction

Jamil Hajj-Chahine et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 57-year-old woman with noncompaction of the left ventricle and regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve who presented with progressive congestive heart failure and was successfully treated with aortic root replacement. The long-term outcome for these patients is poor because of progressive left ventricular impairment, increased rates of life-threatening arrhythmias, and intraventricular thrombi. To our knowledge, only 3 patient with noncompaction of the left ventricle has been reported to have undergone aortic valve replacement for severely regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve. Herein, we describe a patient with noncompaction of the left ventricle who underwent successful mechanical aortic root replacement.

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