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Case Reports
. 2024 Apr 28:25:48-51.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.03.011. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Repair of calcified bicuspid aortic valves using living autologous aortic wall leaflets

Timothy W James  1 , J Hunter Mehaffey  2 , Lawrence M Wei  2 , Rochus K Voeller  3 , Vinay Badhwar  2 , J Scott Rankin  2
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Repair of calcified bicuspid aortic valves using living autologous aortic wall leaflets

Timothy W James et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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Dr Rankin has been a consultant for BioStable Science and Engineering. All other authors reported no conflicts of interest. The Journal policy requires editors and reviewers to disclose conflicts of interest and to decline handling manuscripts for which they may have a conflict of interest. The editors and reviewers of this article have no conflicts of interest.

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Autologous tissue valve for bicuspid valve repair created from aortic wall leaflets.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Steps in creating an autologous tissue valve. A, Calcified unicuspid valve is evident. B, Leaflet from ascending aortic tissue is being passed onto annular sutures. C, Autologous tissue valve is completed. D, Leaflets open well at the conclusion.
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Figure 2
Echocardiography of autologous tissue valve. A, Calcified leaflets are moderately severely insufficient preoperatively. B, After repair, the autologous valve is fully competent. C, Repaired valve opens well during systole. D, Repaired aortic wall leaflets are tall and parallel during ejection.
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