Supraannular Aortic Replacement for Severe Valve Detachment Attributable to Behçet's Disease Yangfeng Tang, MD, Zhiyun Xu, MD, Zilin Liao, MD, Jibin Xu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages e55-e57 (August 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.060 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Operative procedure. (A) Using 2-0 polyester mattress interrupted sutures buttressed to a Teflon felt strip on the lateral side of the aortic wall. (B) The prosthetic valve was positioned between the native annulus and the coronary ostium line. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, e55-e57DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.060) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Computed tomography angiography revealed no aortic root aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm formation and the coronary arterial system was adequately perfused. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, e55-e57DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.060) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions