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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1908-1910
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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New Technique of Aortic Root Reconstruction With Aortic Valve Annuloplasty in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

^a AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Service de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire, Université Paris VI, Paris, France
^b CHU Reims, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Reims, Reims, France

Accepted for publication May 22, 2006.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Rama, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Service de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire, Université Paris VI, Paris, 75634 France (Email: akhtar.rama{at}psl.aphp.fr).

We describe a new technique of aortic valve conservation for ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic valvular insufficiency. This technique allows a total anatomic aortic root reconstruction associated with an aortic annuloplasty preventing late annulus dilation and reoperation. Preliminary results demonstrate the feasibility and the safety of this new original procedure.