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Aortic Root Replacement with a Valve Sparing Technique for Quadricuspid Aortic Valve
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（Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan）
| Katsuhiro Yamanaka |
Atsushi Omura |
Shiori Shirasaka |
| Shunsuke Miyahara |
Yoshikatsu Nomura |
Toshihito Sakamoto |
| Takeshi Inoue |
Hitoshi Minami |
Kenji Okada |
| Yutaka Okita |
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A 67-year-old man with ascending aortic aneurysm was referred to our hospital. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe aortic regurgitation with annuloaortic ectasia and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a quadricuspid aortic valve. This patient underwent aortic root replacement with a valve sparing technique. Under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest with retrograde cerebral perfusion, replacement of the ascending aorta was successfully performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. This patient is doing well 6 months after surgery without recurrence of aortic regurgitation.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 42:412-415（2013）
Keywords：quadricuspid aortic valve, aortic root replacement with a valve sparing technique, valve repair, annuloaortic ectasia
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