The perceval S aortic valve implantation in patients with porcelain aorta; is this ideal option?

We would like to present in this paper a patient with severe aortic valve stenosis referred to our department for surgical aortic valve replacement. In this patient, it was intraoperatively detected an unexpected heavily calcified porcelain ascending aorta. We present the treatment options in this s...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Panagiotis Dedeilias, Efstathia Prappa, Michalis Argiriou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=5;spage=70;epage=72;aulast=Baikoussis