Why the study?
Does the Bentall operation with cold potassium cardioplegia improve operative mortality and clinical outcomes in patients with ascending aortic aneurysms and aortic regurgitation?
Population
22 consecutive patients with ascending aortic aneurysms associated with aortic regurgitation due primarily…
Comparison
Surgery for ascending aortic aneurysm vs Earlier surgical period without these specific…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
6 years
Authors
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Suggests benefit of Bentall with cardioplegia in aortic disease; leaves open need for modern prospective validation.
Does the Bentall operation with cold potassium cardioplegia improve operative mortality and clinical outcomes in patients with ascending aortic aneurysms and aortic regurgitation?
The Bentall operation with cold potassium cardioplegia significantly reduces operative mortality and improves long-term survival and clinical symptoms in patients with ascending aortic aneurysms and aortic regurgitation.
Kitamura et al. (1982) studied this question.
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