HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Miyamoto, A.-T. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Miyamoto, A.-T.

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:1125-1126
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

---

Articles

Technique for replacing the ascending aorta and aortic valve with a modified Bentall's operation

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Accepted for publication February 10, 1992.

^_* Address reprint requests to Dr Miyamoto, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, 1-1 Kifunecho, Kokurakitaku, Kitakyushu, Japan 802.

Composite graft replacement of the aortic root and valve poses the challenge of reimplanting both coronary ostia. The technique of sandwiching the freed button of aortic wall bearing the coronary artery ostium between an outer Teflon felt washerlike buttress and the inner composite graft provides a leak-proof anastomosis while reestablishing direct graft to coronary artery continuity regardless of the location of the coronary ostia or type of root pathology.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				A.-T. Miyamoto Transatrial Atrioventricular Valve Testing in the Beating, Fully Loaded Heart Ann. Thorac. Surg., April 1, 1996; 61(4): 1265 - 1266. [Abstract] [Full Text]