International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
ISSN-L : 1349-2365
Clinical Studies
Aortic Valve Replacement with Bovine Pericardium in Patients with Aortic Valve Regurgitation
A Single-Center Experience
Weiyong ShengGuochang ZhaoYangyang ChaoFuqiang SunZhouyang JiaoPenghong LiuHang ZhangXingxing YaoFanfan LuHaibo ZhanJiawei ZhouTao SongLiang TaoChao Liu
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2019 Volume 60 Issue 6 Pages 1344-1349

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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the early and mid-term outcomes of aortic valve replacement with bovine pericardium in the treatment of aortic valve regurgitation.

From January 2015 to March 2018, 36 patients (19 men; mean ± standard deviation [SD] age, 46.70 ± 16.60 years) underwent aortic valve replacement with bovine pericardium. The bovine pericardium was intraoperatively measured and shaped using an Ozaki template, according to the shape and size of the individual patient's aortic valve leaflets. Additional procedures were performed, including ventricular septal defect repair in 5 cases, mitral valve reconstruction in 6 cases, tricuspid valve reconstruction in 6 cases, and coronary artery bypass grafting in 3 cases.

There were no perioperative deaths. One elderly patient with postoperative respiratory failure recovered after symptomatic treatment. One patient with frequent ventricular tachycardia after intraoperative cardiac re-jump underwent intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP), and the IABP device was successfully removed on the second postoperative day. Within the first 6 months of follow-up, there were no death events, no reoperation events, and no additional thromboembolic events. Follow-up echocardiography was performed for 6 months, with average left ventricular ejection fraction of 62.01 ± 3.21%, mean transvalvular pressure gradient of 11.17 ± 4.90 mmHg, and mean aortic valve velocity of 1.60 ± 0.58 m/s. Compared with the preoperative transthoracic echocardiography findings, the results at the six-month follow-up were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Mild aortic valve regurgitation occurred in 2 patients (5.56%), whereas other patients had no or only minimal aortic valve regurgitation (n = 34, 94.44%). Moderate aortic valve regurgitation occurred in one patient at 9 months after the initial operation. This was found to be due to infective endocarditis, and a biological valve was finally implanted.

Aortic valve replacement with bovine pericardium in the treatment of aortic valve regurgitation is feasible, and good early and mid-term results are achieved. Long-term results need to be followed up in the future.

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