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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:e4-e5
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Homograft Replacement of the Calcified Aortic Root in Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Tamer Elghobary, MD a , c , * , Joseph Allal, MD b , Paul Menu, MD b , Olivier Baron, MD a

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovacular Surgery, Laënnec Hospital, Nantes, France
b Medico-Surgical Department of Cardiology, De la Milétrie Hospital, Potiers, France
c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ain-Shams University Center, Cairo, Egypt

Accepted for publication July 25, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Elghobary, Thoracic Institute, Laënnec Hospital, Nantes, France, 44093 (Email: telghobary{at}yahoo.com).

A 39-year-old woman with a known history of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia was admitted with chest discomfort. Preoperative echocardiography and coronary angiography showed a heavily stenotic aortic valve as well as a calcific hypoplastic aortic root. Aortic root replacement using an aortic homograft was done.




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