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Clinical Outcomes Using Freestyle Valve–Valsalva Graft Composite Conduit for Aortic Root Replacement

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Submitted by

Cameron Lind

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(22)00022-4/fulltext

Author(s)

Parth Mukund Patel, MD; Mia Callahan, BS; Andy Dong, BS; Jane Wei, MPH; Jose Binongo, PhD Bradley Leshnower, MD; Edward P. Chen, MD

From 2005 to 2020, 523 patients were treated using a novel method of aortic root replacement that used a self-constructed tissue valve conduit involving a Freestyle subcoronary valve sewn into a Valsalva graft. This study aimed to review the clinical outcomes of the method. Over the fifteen-year period, the five-year survival rate was 83 percent and the ten-year survival rate was 71 percent. Overall, the novel method produced excellent operative and ten-year outcomes, and valve durability was outstanding with low incidence for valve reintervention.