Subject: Re: [HSF] Which Ao Valve?

[giulio.rizzoli at unipd.it]

> Another warning concerns what  I have heard about subcoronary stentless
valves in Leipzig
>These  devices distort the aortic root reducing the physiological
expansions  of the sinuses
> thus inducing  possible tears at the bases of the  cusps for excessive
stress.
>Theoretically the Solo valve may have the  same disadvantage.
> Giuseppe Rescigno MD
> Consultant Cardiac Surgeon - Lancisi Hospital Ancona



Months ago I helped the group of Udine (dr. Pavoni-Livi) with the
follow-up statistics of a subcoronary stentless with a single suture line
(the paper was published in Circulation supplement).
Their follow-up concerning the durability of the valve (O'Brien) was
rather negative after 8 years, with a significant increase of SVD  and
reoperation

                                                                           Giulio
Rizzoli