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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.020
Porcelain aorta: a new indication for on-pump beating heart mitral valve replacement
Kerem Yay, Muhammet Onur Hanedan, Veysel Başar, Ufuk Tütün, Garip Altıntaş, Ferit Çiçekçioğlu, Salih Fehmi Katırcıoğlu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.020
Conventionally, mitral valve replacement (MVR) is
performed under cardioplegic arrest. A 69-years-old male
patient was admitted to our clinic with severe dyspnea,
orthopnea and palpitation. Transthoracic echocardiography
revealed fibro-calcified mitral valve stenosis. Without
cross-clamping the aorta, beating heart MVR under
cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was performed. Since no
dissection of the ascending aorta is performed, the risks of
injury and embolic complications are minimized. Porcelain
aorta with the mitral valve disease is a new indication for
beating heart MVR under CPB.
Keywords : Beating heart; mitral valve replacement; porcelain aorta
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