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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;19:929
© 2001 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Screening of a stentless valve with electron beamed tomograpy 5 years after operation

Belhhan Akpinara, Mustafa Gudena, Esat Memisoglub

a Department Of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kadir Has University, Abide'i Hurriyet Cad. No:280, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
b Department of Radiology, Test Examining Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 17 November 2000; accepted 8 March 2001.

Corresponding author. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Abide'i Hurriyet Cad. No:280, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. Fax: +90-21-2239-8791
e-mail: belh{at}turk.net

Electron beamed tomography images of a patient who received a stentless valve as a whole root (Freestyle, MEDTRONIC Inc, Minneapolis, MI, USA) for ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve insufficiency 5 years after the operation, with no sign of wall and leaflet calcification (Fig. 1).



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  		Fig. 1. (1) Dacron graft used to extend the freestyle valve; (2) freestyle valve used as a total root.

 




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