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. 2022 Aug;37(8):2477-2480.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.16622. Epub 2022 May 22.

Congenital unicuspid aortic valve repair without cusp patch augmentation

Jama Jahanyar  1 , Gaby Aphram  1 , Daniel E Munoz  1 , Stefano Mastrobuoni  1 , Emiliano Navarra  1 , Laurent de Kerchove  1 , Gebrine El Khoury  1
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Congenital unicuspid aortic valve repair without cusp patch augmentation

Jama Jahanyar et al. J Card Surg. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Unicuspid aortic valves are rare congenital malformations. Surgical repair is feasible in aortic regurgitation, and in some cases of aortic stenosis. The standard surgical approach is a bicuspidization and symmetrization with pericardial patch augmentation of valve leaflets. Herein, we are describing our original technique for bicuspidization of a unicuspid aortic valve in adults without leaflet patch augmentation. We also address the surgical management of a commissural diastasis.

Keywords: aorta and great vessels; valve repair/replacement.

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