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KMID : 0364019920250101157
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1992 Volume.25 No. 10 p.1157 ~ p.1160
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Surgical Repair of Aortic Incompetence using Autologous Pericardium -A Case Report-
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Abstract
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Aortic valve repair with the use of tailored autologous pericardial extension to the native cusp was performed in one patient with rheumatic aortic valve incompetence.
The patient was a 10-year-old girl with Grade II aortic regurgitation and tiny postoperative recannalization of the patent ductus arteriosus.
The left aortic coronary cusp appeared to be a little thickened and a cicatrical shortening of the distance between the free edge of the cusp and its annular attachment.
A semilunar shaped patch of autologous pericardium, treated with glutaraldehyde solution(6 minutes in 0.6% solution) was sutured along the free edge of the left coronry cusp.
Postoperative recovery was uneventful. Echocardiography 8 months later showed Grade I aortic regurgitation. She is now conducting as usual life.
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