Milnerowicz A, Jędrzejczak T, Rynio P, Kazimierczak A. Modified implantation of a Bolton Relay branch arch device into the ascending aorta close to a mechanical aortic valve.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2022;
34:936-938. [PMID:
35142358 PMCID:
PMC9070509 DOI:
10.1093/icvts/ivac017]
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Abstract
An aortic arch stent graft is usually contraindicated with a mechanical aortic valve. However, a modified stent graft plus the use of an externalized transapical guidewire technique allowed a safe implantation close to a mechanical aortic valve.
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