Aortic Valve Repair: Initial Experience from Central Chest Hospital

24 patients undergoing aortic valve repair, mean age 35.6 years, 13 males and 8 females (among 21 successful cases). Etiologies included rheumatic disease (17), endocarditis (2), congenital (1), and degenerative (1) conditions.

Aortic valve repair (including subcommissural annuloplasty, commissurotomy, cusp thinning, free-edge unrolling, and cusp extension using autologous pericardium) often with concomitant procedures.

Procedural success, hospital mortality, valve-related complications, thromboembolic events, and echocardiographic improvement (valve area, pressure gradient, regurgitation severity).