Aortic homograft replacement in a patient with a porcelain aorta: A case report
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2017-08-01
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Jacob, Kirolos A
Rozemeijer, Rik
den Harder, Annemarie M.
Suyker, Willem J L
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Abstract
Patients with a severely calcified (porcelain) aorta are often unsuitable candidates for cardiac surgery because of the high risk of neuroembolic complications from loose calcified particles.We describe a surgical technique in a patient with a porcelain aorta undergoing an aortic homograft replacement for infective endocarditis that used an oscillating saw and a surgical hand drill for suturing the calcified plates.
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Taverne, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Journal Article
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Jacob, K A, Rozemeijer, R, Den Harder, A M & Suyker, W J L 2017, 'Aortic homograft replacement in a patient with a porcelain aorta : A case report', Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 154, no. 2, pp. 409-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.137