%0 Journal Article
%T Unicuspid valve repair¡ªwhat technique, which patch for which patient?
%A Christian Giebels
%A Hans-Joachim Sch£¿fers
%A Irem Karliova
%A Maximilian Glenske
%A Shunsuke Matsushima
%J Archive of "Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery".
%D 2019
%R 10.21037/acs.2019.05.04
%X The unicuspid and unicommissural aortic valve (UAV) is a rare anomaly but frequently requires surgical intervention in childhood and young adulthood due to aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation¡ªwhich may become relevant after balloon/surgical valvuloplasty¡ªand associated aortopathy. Aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis is a standard treatment in adulthood, but its results are not satisfactory in young individuals. Therefore, a reconstructive approach should be particularly attractive in the UAV. We have proposed UAV repair by bicuspidization, creating a new commissure of normal height via adding patch material and thus applying the techniques for bicuspid aortic valve repair (1-4). The details of our UAV repair are described
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562071/