Aortic valve bypass for high-risk patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis: A case report

Apico-aortic conduit: a readily available technical modification

When neither surgical valve replacement nor transcatheter aortic valve implantation is possible, performing an apico-aortic conduit remains a therapeutic option. This procedure has become rare and the rigid angled apical connectors usually used to facilitate ventricular anastomosis are no longer commercially available. We described the technique that we performed on a 60-year-old patient with readily available material.

Aortic valve bypass for high-risk patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis: A case report

There are a significant number of symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) patients not referred to the traditional methods for some complex conditions. We described a case of a 61‐year‐old female with severe symptomatic AS, calcific small aortic annulus (16.6 mm), narrow porcelain ascending aorta (aortic root: 14.6 mm, internal diameter: 14.0 mm), chronic renal insufficiency, and a history of the previous sternotomy for mechanical mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting who underwent aortic valve bypass (AVB) with favorable results. AVB has been proposed as a complementary to surgery operation of aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve implantation in high‐risk AS patients.