To spare or not to spare…? The aortic valve in scleroderma and aortic root aneurysm

Reda Kasdi; Jean-Marc El Arid; Marc Lambert; David Launay; Anne-Sophie Polge; Mohamad Koussa; Thomas Modine

doi:10.1111/jocs.12239

To spare or not to spare…? The aortic valve in scleroderma and aortic root aneurysm

J Card Surg. 2014 Jan;29(1):55-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12239. Epub 2013 Nov 13.

Authors

Reda Kasdi¹, Jean-Marc El Arid, Marc Lambert, David Launay, Anne-Sophie Polge, Mohamad Koussa, Thomas Modine

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Cardiologic Hospital, Lille Nord de France University, CHRU Lille, France.

PMID: 24224770
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12239

Abstract

Acute valve-sparing procedures are effective in the treatment of aortic root dilation when there is no valve pathology. In this review, we discuss the role of aortic valve-sparing procedures in the presence of connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
Scleroderma, Systemic / surgery*
Severity of Illness Index