Homograft Replacement of the Calcified Aortic Root in Familial Hypercholesterolemia

A 39-year-old woman with a known history of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia was admitted with chest discomfort. Preoperative echocardiography and coronary angiography showed a heavily stenotic aortic valve as well as a calcific hypoplastic aortic root. Aortic root replacement using an aorti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2006, Vol.81 (1), p.e4-e5
Hauptverfasser:	Elghobary, Tamer, Allal, Joseph, Menu, Paul, Baron, Olivier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Kidney Injury - etiology Adult Aorta - surgery Aortic Diseases - complications Aortic Diseases - surgery Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular - complications Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular - surgery Aortic Valve Stenosis - complications Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery Atherosclerosis - complications Blood Component Removal Blood Vessel Prosthesis Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation Calcinosis - complications Calcinosis - surgery Chest Pain - etiology Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced Coronary Vessels - surgery Dyspnea - etiology Female Heart Arrest, Induced Homozygote Humans Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II - complications Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II - genetics Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - complications Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis Lipoproteins, LDL - blood Palliative Care Peripheral Vascular Diseases - complications Portacaval Shunt, Surgical Postoperative Complications - etiology Postoperative Complications - surgery Replantation Transplantation, Homologous Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A 39-year-old woman with a known history of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia was admitted with chest discomfort. Preoperative echocardiography and coronary angiography showed a heavily stenotic aortic valve as well as a calcific hypoplastic aortic root. Aortic root replacement using an aortic homograft was done.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.077