2018
Functional Outcomes of Type I Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair With Annular Stabilization: Subcommissural Annuloplasty Versus External Subannular Aortic Ring
Ko H, Bavaria JE, Habertheuer A, Augoustides JG, Siki MA, Freas M, Komlo C, Milewski K, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Vallabhajosyula P. Functional Outcomes of Type I Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair With Annular Stabilization: Subcommissural Annuloplasty Versus External Subannular Aortic Ring. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 107: 68-75. PMID: 30086284, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.06.056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcommissural annuloplastyAortic insufficiencyAortic valve repairTransvalvular gradientValve repairAortic ringsLeaflet prolapseAnnular stabilizationVentricular outflow tract diameterBicuspid aortic valve patientsBicuspid aortic valve repairOutflow tract diameterSevere aortic insufficiencyMean transvalvular gradientIntraoperative transesophageal echocardiographyAortic valve patientsLV outflow tractAortic root complexPostprocedure outcomesValve patientsTract diameterFunctional outcomeLV dimensionsTransesophageal echocardiographyOutflow tract
2014
Root Stabilization of the Repaired Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Subcommissural Annuloplasty Versus Root Reimplantation
Vallabhajosyula P, Komlo C, Szeto WY, Wallen TJ, Desai N, Bavaria JE. Root Stabilization of the Repaired Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Subcommissural Annuloplasty Versus Root Reimplantation. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 97: 1227-1234. PMID: 24418204, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic insufficiencyReimplantation groupRoot reimplantationSubcommissural annuloplastyAnnular stabilizationRepair groupBicuspid aortic valve patientsPrimary valve repairSurgical reconstructive strategiesAortic valve patientsBicuspid aortic valveAortic root pathologyAortic reoperationValve mobilityPreoperative characteristicsOverall survivalPostoperative peakValve patientsPacemaker requirementRetrospective reviewReimplantation techniqueValve repairRoot pathologyAortic valveValve preservation