TY - BOOK ID - 7987295 TI - Aortic root surgery : the biological solution AU - Yankah, A. C. AU - Weng, Y. AU - Hetzer, R. AU - Berlin Heart Valve Symposium PY - 2010 SN - 3798518688 9786612828188 3798518696 1282828185 PB - Berlin ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Embryonic Development. KW - Fetal Diseases. KW - Heart -- Diseases. KW - Heart Diseases. KW - Aortic Valve KW - Bioprosthesis KW - Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation KW - Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation KW - Prosthesis Implantation KW - Vascular Grafting KW - Heart Valves KW - Prostheses and Implants KW - Cardiac Surgical Procedures KW - Surgical Procedures, Operative KW - Equipment and Supplies KW - Vascular Surgical Procedures KW - Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures KW - Thoracic Surgical Procedures KW - Heart KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Cardiovascular System KW - Anatomy KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Aorta KW - Heart valves KW - Cardiovascular instruments, Implanted KW - Surgery KW - Implanted cardiovascular instruments KW - Cardiac valves KW - Valves, Heart KW - Valves KW - Medicine. KW - Cardiology. KW - Cardiac surgery. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Cardiac Surgery. KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Electronics in cardiology KW - Implants, Artificial KW - Arteries KW - Blood KW - Chest KW - Circulation KW - Surgery. KW - Internal medicine KW - Cardiac surgery KW - Open-heart surgery KW - Diseases UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7987295 AB - The surgical treatment of the aortic valve and root disease, organic and ischemic mitral regurgitation, and endocarditis has made great strides. Still, there is the well-known dilemma: on the one hand the need for anticoagulation in patients with mechanical valves that otherwise guarantee long-term functioning and, on the other, the unpredictable durability of biological substitutes and of valve repair procedures which, per se, do not require anticoagulation. The choice of procedure is determined by factors such as patients' age, metabolic and bleeding disorders, and bleeding preconditions, as well as such critical issues as the desire to bear children in young women. The book contains a collection of proceedings of The Berlin Heart Valve Symposium which was held in November 2008. It focuses on current surgical approaches to and evolving trends in aortic valve repair, aortic root and valve replacement with pulmonary autograft, aortic allograft, stentless and stented bioprostheses. Further contributions will deal with recent advances in catheter-based percutaneous and transapical techniques, ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation, tissue engineering of heart valves, multi-modality imaging, and anticoagulation. ER -