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The role of neo-sinus reconstruction in aortic valve-sparing surgery

Monday, June 19, 2017

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Source URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocs.13143/full

Author(s)

Mario Gaudino, Antonino Di Franco, Luca Weltert, Umberto Benedetto, Christopher Lau, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Ruggero De Paulis, Leonard N. Girardi, The Cornell International Consortium for Aortic Surgery (CICAS)

Gaudino and colleagues report a retrospective analysis of short-term outcomes following aortic valve-sparing operations (VSO) with and without reconstruction of the sinuses of Valsalva (SV). Despite the importance of the SV for aortic valve function, data evaluating SV reconstruction with VSO are limited. Clinical outcomes and aortic valve status were not affected by SV recreation, however adverse events were rare in both groups.