Stentless valves for bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine long-term survival and reoperation rate in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and patients with a tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) after stentless aortic valve replacement (AVR)/aortic root replacement (ARR).

Methods

Between 1992 and 2014, 1293 patients underwent first AVR/ARR with a stentless aortic valve using the modified inclusion operating technique, including 741 patients with a TAV and 552 with a BAV. Using propensity scoring with 26 variables, 330 matched pairs were identified with AVR with or without ascending aorta/arch replacement. Data were obtained through chart review, surveys, and the National Death Index.

Results

Patient demographics were similar in the propensity score-matched groups. Both groups had similar cardiopulmonary

SUBMITTER: Brown B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9390591 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature