Yuanjia Zhu, Matthew H Park, Pearly K Pandya, Charles J Stark, Danielle M Mullis, Sabrina K Walsh, Joo Young Kim, Catherine A Wu, Basil M Baccouche, Seung Hyun Lee, Abakar S Baraka, Hyunchel Joo, Shin Yajima, Stefan Elde, Y Joseph Woo
BACKGROUND: Several conduit configurations, such as straight graft (SG), Valsalva graft (VG), anticommissural plication (ACP), and the Stanford modification (SMOD) technique, have been described for the valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) procedure. Prior ex vivo studies have evaluated the impact of conduit configurations on root biomechanics, but the mock coronary artery circuits used could not replicate the physical properties of native coronary arteries. Moreover, the individual leaflet's biomechanics, including the fluttering phenomenon, were unclear...
July 31, 2023: Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery