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Background: Type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is a life-threatening condition which requires prompt diagnosis and surgical treatment. When TAAD involves the aortic root, aortic valve-sparing or Bentall procedures are the main surgical treatment options...

Background: Compared with isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR), echocardiographic hemodynamics after Wheat and Bentall procedures, both involving replacement of the proximal ascending aorta with a smaller-diameter graft, have been less thoroughly...

Background/Objectives: The Bentall procedure represents the gold standard therapy in patients with ascending aorta or aortic root aneurysm combined with aortic valve disease precluding a valve-sparing procedure. The aim of this study was to compare e...

Background: Patients presented for complicated redo surgery after previous aortic valve replacement with the indication for aortic root repair due to dilatation or aneurysm. In those cases where the prosthetic aortic valve is in good condition, a val...

Aortopulmonary fistula secondary to a large pseudoaneurysm after a Bentall procedure is a rare but complex complication. Herein, we report a case of Cabrol shunt obliteration and pseudoaneurysm formation three months after a Bentall procedure. The pa...

(1) Objective: Twenty years’ experience of Bentall–De Bono operations by one surgeon. (2) Methods: From January 2003 to September 2023, four-hundred-and-two patients aged 65.9 ± 15 years underwent a Bentall operation. The EuroScore...

Locally destructive infective endocarditis (IE) of the aortic valve complicated by abscess formation in the aortic root may seriously affect patients’ outcomes. Surgical repair of such conditions is often challenging. This is a single-center ob...

Objective: Minimally invasive approaches are being used increasingly in cardiac surgery and applied in a wider range of operations, including complex aortic procedures. The aim of this study was to examine the safety and feasibility of a partial uppe...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the short- and long-term results of patients who had received aortic valve-sparing reimplantation (David I procedure) vs. aortic root replacement using a composite graft combined with a hemiarch replac...

A sinus of valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is an asymmetrical dilatation of the aortic root located between the aortic valve anulus and the sino-tubular junction. Congenital weakness of the elastic lamina in the aortic media layer or trauma and infection as...

Background: Valve-in-Valve (ViV) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a viable therapeutic option for structural valve degeneration following surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or prior TAVI. However, the understanding...

Phage therapy is experiencing renewed interest, particularly for antibiotic-resistant infections, and may also be useful for difficult-to-treat cases where surgery to remove foreign infected material is deemed too risky. We report a case of recurrent...

Pentacuspid aortic valve is an exceptionally rare congenital anomaly that is often associated with functional deterioration and aortopathy. We report a case of a 39-year-old male presenting with severe aortic regurgitation and an ascending aortic ane...

Aim: To analyze early and mid-term outcomes of the Bentall operation. Methods: Two hundred and seventeen patients (mean age 65.6 ± 15.9 years, males/females 172/45) underwent Bentall operation in a 7-year period (January 2015–December 20...

Background: Aortic valve and root replacement (AVRR) is a standardised procedure to treat patients with aortic valve and root disease. In centres with a well-established aortic valve and root repair program (valve repairs and Ross operations), only p...

Background and Objectives: Marfan syndrome (MS) is a genetic disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance that affects the connective tissue and consequently many organ systems. The cardiovascular manifestations of MS are notorious and include aortic...

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare, large vessel vasculitis that affects aorta, its major branches, and occasionally pulmonary arteries. Patients with TA can present with constitutional features and/or various symptoms and signs caused by morphologica...

(1) Background: Despite optimal surgical therapy, replacement of the ascending aorta leads to a significant reduction in the quality of life (QoL). However, an optimal result includes maintaining and improving the QoL. The aim of our study was to eva...

Objective: Over the last ten years, aortic surgery has transitioned from a high-risk procedure to a well-established operation, offering favorable outcomes and survival when performed by experienced hands. Advances in surgical techniques and evolving...

TRAF7-related disorders represent some of the rarest inherited disorders, exhibiting clinical features that overlap with cardiac, facial, and digital anomalies with developmental delay (CAFDADD) syndrome, as well as blepharophimosis-mental retardatio...

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global healthcare landscape has undergone significant transformations, particularly impacting the management of complex medical conditions such as aortic aneurysms. This study focuses on a 76-year-old fema...

The major cause of death in Marfan syndrome (MFS) is cardiovascular complications, particularly progressive dilatation of the proximal aorta, rendering these patients at risk of aortic dissection or fatal rupture. We report a 3D printed personalized...

(1) Background: Conventional open surgery is still the gold standard for aortic arch disease, and despite recent developments in optimizing strategies for neuroprotection, distal organ perfusion, and myocardial protection, aortic arch replacement is...

Background/Objectives: Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) are potentially life-threatening medical conditions, and their etiology involves both genetic and multiple risk factors. Coxiella burnetii endocarditis is one of the most frequent causes of bloo...

Background: Recently, minimally invasive access via right anterolateral mini-thoracotomy (RAMT) has been gaining popularity in cardiac surgery. This approach is also an option for surgeons performing aortic surgery. The aim of this study is to presen...

The aim of the study was to evaluate early postoperative results of different surgical techniques of aortic root surgery.

Material and methods. Between January 2004 and November 2007, a cohort of 83 patients underwent aortic root surgery in the Heart...