PMID: 25757176Mar 11, 2015Paper

Aorta-associated complications after prosthetic repair of the aortic valve

Angiologii︠a︡ i sosudistai︠a︡ khirurgii︠a︡ = Angiology and vascular surgery
V V BazylevE V Rosseĭkin

Abstract

The authors analyzed dependence between the presence of preoperative predictors of aorta-associated complications and risk for the development of these complications in the remote period after prosthetic repair of the aortic valve. The study included a total of 231 patients subjected to aortic valve prosthetic repair with no additional intervention on the root and ascending portion of the aorta. The follow up duration varied from 12 to 62 months. As predictors of the development of aorta-associated complications we examined such factors as the bicuspid structure of the aortic valve, dilatation of the aortic ascending portion relative to the upper border of the individually calculated norm, disordered configuration of the complex "aortic root - ascending portion of the aorta", resistant arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus. Depending on the number of predictors for the development of aorta-associated complications the patients were subdivided into 2 groups: Group One consisting of 105 patients with two and more predictors of the development of aorta-associated complications, and Group Two comprising 126 patients with not more than one predictor of the development of aorta-associated complications. It was determined that in t...Continue Reading

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