Aortic valve repair by cusp extension with the use of fresh autologous pericardium in children with rheumatic aortic insufficiency.

A Kalangos, Maurice Beghetti, +7 authors Bernard FaiduttiPublished in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular… 1999
DOI:10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70212-6
OBJECTIVES
Our goal was to evaluate the midterm results of aortic valve repair by a more sophisticated tailoring of cusp extension-taking into account the dimensions of the native aortic cusps-with the use of fresh autologous pericardium.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Forty-one children who had severe rheumatic aortic insufficiency (mean age 11.5 +/- 2.7 years) underwent aortic valve repair by means of this cusp extension technique over a 5-year period. Twenty-four of them underwent concomitant mitral…

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