Avulsion of Aortic Commissure: Rare Cause of Aortic Regurgitation: 2 case reports.
- Author:
Jae Woong CHOI
1
;
Ho Young HWANG
;
Eun Suk CHOI
;
Hyuk AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. ahnhyuk@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aortic valve, surgery;
Aortic valve insufficiency
- MeSH:
Aortic Valve;
Aortic Valve Insufficiency;
Polypropylenes;
Reoperation;
Suture Techniques;
Sutures
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;42(6):777-780
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We reported here on 2 cases of aortic regurgitation (AR) that were due to avulsion of the aortic valve commissure. Aortic valvuloplasty was attempted in both cases. In the 1st case, valvuloplasty was performed with reattaching the commissure using the 5-0 polypropylene continuous suture technique. However, aortic regurgitation recurred and this lead to reoperation on the postoperative 14th day. The intraoperative finding revealed a completely re-detached commissure that required mechanical valve replacement. In the second case, we attempted to reattach the commissure using pledgetted multiple transverse mattress sutures with 5-0 polypropylene. Because the leaflet coaptation was incomplete, the aortic valve was replaced with a tissue valve.
