The mitro-aortic disease in high-risk patients is a challenge for the cardiac surgeon because minimally invasive techniques are difficult to apply. We report the first case in the literature of a 78-year-old woman affected by severe rheumatic steno-insufficiency of aortic and mitral valves at high surgical risk. The patient was successfully treated by mitral valve replacement with a biological prosthesis and concomitant aortic valve replacement with a sutureless prosthesis.
[Double mitro-aortic valve replacement in a high-risk patient: the sutureless way]
Santarpino, Giuseppe;
2014-01-01
Abstract
The mitro-aortic disease in high-risk patients is a challenge for the cardiac surgeon because minimally invasive techniques are difficult to apply. We report the first case in the literature of a 78-year-old woman affected by severe rheumatic steno-insufficiency of aortic and mitral valves at high surgical risk. The patient was successfully treated by mitral valve replacement with a biological prosthesis and concomitant aortic valve replacement with a sutureless prosthesis.File in questo prodotto:
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