Retrograde Flow in the Descending Thoracic Aorta
| Autor: | Suzanne Gommers, Sebastiaan C.A.M. Bekkers, Simon Schalla, Jan Nijs, Caroline Jaarsma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Apicoaortic Conduit
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Prosthesis medicine.anatomical_structure Aortic valve replacement Blood vessel prosthesis Ventricle Physiology (medical) Aortic valve stenosis Internal medicine medicine.artery Heart failure cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Thoracic aorta Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Circulation. 122 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| Popis: | A 55-year-old woman was admitted with congestive heart failure caused by severe aortic valve stenosis. Conventional aortic valve replacement could not be performed because of a porcelain aorta. Thus, via an anterolateral thoracotomy, a Hancock 20-mm prosthesis (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minn) was inserted into the apex of the left ventricle and connected to a Carbomedics Carbo-Seal 21-mm valved conduit (Sulzer Carbomedics Inc., Austin, … |
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