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01-04-2020 | Echocardiography | How to Do It

Commissure enhancement technique in aortic valve repair

Authors: Mitsuharu Hosono, Kohei Kawazoe, Shintaro Kuwauchi, Naoki Taniguchi, Hiroshi Yasumoto, Naoki Minato

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 4/2020

Abstract

Sinotubular junction enlargement is one of possible causes of aortic valve regurgitation. However, there is no appropriate technique for sinotubular junction diameter reduction in aortic valve repair in a patient without disease of the ascending aorta or sinus of Valsalva. Herein, we report a simple commissure enhancement technique comprising the placement a horizontal mattress suture buttressed with felt at the sinotubular junction level in the commissure area. This technique results in the relocation of the commissure to the inner side, and a reduction in the diameter of the sinotubular junction.

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Title: Commissure enhancement technique in aortic valve repair
Authors: Mitsuharu Hosono
Kohei Kawazoe
Shintaro Kuwauchi
Naoki Taniguchi
Hiroshi Yasumoto
Naoki Minato
Publication date: 01-04-2020
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keywords: Echocardiography
Echocardiography
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-019-01237-w

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