Abstract
The most efficient surgical approach to severe aortic valve disease in the young adult is still debated: cryopreserved aortic allograft offers excellent hemodynamic and avoid anticoagulation, but long-term durability is influenced by structural valve deterioration (SVD). This study aimed to describe long-term results of aortic allografts and to identify factors influencing long-term durability. From January 1993 to August 2010, 210 patients underwent aortic allograft replacement via the free-hand subcoronary implantation technique (N = 55) or root replacement with coronary reimplantation (N = 155). Clinic and echocardiographic follow-up was updated to April 2016. Overall mortality and cardiac mortality occurred in 80 (38.1%) and 64 (30.5%) patients, respectively. Reoperation was required in 69 cases (32.8%), whereas SVD required reoperation in 57 cases (27.1%). No early endocarditis occurred, whereas late endocarditis occurred in 4 patients. The free-hand technique seems to be associated with improved left ventricular remodeling compared with the root-replacement technique, and smaller allograft size represents a predictor of reoperation independently on the surgical technique used. In the overall population, there were 44 wome...Continue Reading
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