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Claudia Calia
Coronary endarterectomy to facilitate bypass surgery for patients with extensive stenting of the left anterior descending artery
A 52-year-old male. Admitted for acute coronary syndrome because of three-vessel disease with a FMJ–LAD
Evidence of intimal tear in type A intramural hematoma of the aorta: A case series
Highlights • We report two cases of type A intramural hematoma of the aorta. • We found radiological and intraoperative evidence of an intimal tear. • This finding supports the hypotesis that IMH belong to “aortic dissection” disease.
Modified Danielson Technique for Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis and Aortoventricular Discontinuity
Endocarditis is a devastating complication of prosthetic aortic valve replacement. The infective process can destroy aortic annulus tissue, making conventional surgical valve replacement difficult or impossible and causing aortoventricular discontinuity. Several treatment techniques have been proposed. One of these, the Danielson technique, involves translocating the aortic valve to the native ascending aorta, débriding the abscess cavity, closing the coronary ostia, and bypassing the coronary arteries with a Y anastomosis between 2 vein grafts. We describe our use of a modified Danielson technique in a 68-year-old man with advanced prosthetic valve endocarditis that was associated with aor…