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
2017
Aortic Regurgitation in Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection: A Clinical Classification for the Perioperative Echocardiographer in the Era of the Functional Aortic Annulus
Patel PA, Bavaria JE, Ghadimi K, Gutsche JT, Vallabhajosyula P, Ko HA, Desai ND, Mackay E, Weiss SJ, Augoustides JGT. Aortic Regurgitation in Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection: A Clinical Classification for the Perioperative Echocardiographer in the Era of the Functional Aortic Annulus. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2017, 32: 586-597. PMID: 28927697, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsConceptsFunctional aortic annulusAortic annulusAortic regurgitationSurgical therapyAcute Type A Aortic DissectionType A Aortic DissectionPerioperative echocardiographerAcute aortic syndromeCoronary artery involvementAortic syndromeArtery involvementAortic dissectionTransesophageal echocardiographyRoot dissectionAortic rootPatient presentationClinical classificationSurgical experienceAnatomic considerationsClinical approachRegurgitationTherapyEchocardiographersDissectionLatest literature