2015 Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)
* Stentless pericardial valve for acute aortic valve endocarditis with annular destruction.
- Surgery for aortic-valve endocarditis is still challenging, particularly in combination with destruction of the annulus. Freedom Solo (Solo) is a bovine stentless prosthesis for aortic valve replacement. It is implanted supra-annularly into the aortic wall with a single suture line, without requiring an 'intact' annulus. Thirteen patients received a Solo for endocarditis with annular destruction. Our results showed a low reinfection rate and no patient-prosthesis mismatch. Our contribution intends to show the feasibility of implantation also in case of complicated anatomical conditions, such as destruction of the annulus.
Overview of noun patient
The noun patient has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (73) patient -- (a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown
rapidly")
2. affected role, patient role, patient -- (the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but
is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)
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