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  • Title: [Freestyle valve for right ventricular reconstruction in Ross operation; report of a case].
    Author: Morizumi S, Kikuchi Y.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2008 Feb; 61(2):161-3. PubMed ID: 18268957.
    Abstract:
    A 28-year-old man with active aortic valve endocarditis underwent emergency surgery. Because he had progressive congestive heart failure and uncontrolled infection. Aortic root replacement for Ross procedure was required because of complete debridment of infective tissue. His operation were performed under extracorporeal circulation and moderate hypothermia, the operation procedure was following, (1) taking off auto-pulmonary artery valve, (2) removing dysfunctional aortic valve and auto-transplantation of pulmonary valve on aortic root, (3) putting a pulmonary Freestyle Aortic Valve to rebuild right ventricular outflow tract. Follow-up showed heart function was in class I (New York Heart Association) , aortic and pulmonary valve function was very well. Streptococcus milleri group was isolated from his blood and infectious aortic valve postoperatively. We believed that a Ross operation with Freestyle Aortic Valve is more resistant to infection, therefore, it might be an option for infective endocarditis with aortic valve endocarditis.
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