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P GRONDIN

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PubMed1965

SIMULTANEOUS CORRECTION OF MULTIVALVULAR CARDIAC LESIONS.

Cardiac surgery, once confined to pure and isolated mitral stenosis, can now be carried out on all valvular lesions irrespective of their number or complexity. At the Montreal Heart Institute, simultaneous surgical correction of multivalvular lesions was carried out in 16 instances and 13 patients survived. All of the survivors have remained almost asymptomatic. However, if significant associated valvular lesions were not corrected at the same operation, the survival rate dropped to 28%. Moreover, such survivors have required constant medical therapy.This experience emphasizes the necessity of correcting completely and simultaneously all significant valvular malfunctions. Extrapleural median sternotomy appears to be the best single approach for all cases of valve replacement.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures↗
PubMed1964

AORTIC VALVULAR REPLACEMENT: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH 13 CASES.

Acquired aortic disease is now currently corrected by total prosthetic replacement of the aortic valve. Aortic valve replacement was performed in 13 cases at the Montreal Heart Institute in 1963. In the first four cases, Bahnson aortic leaflets were used; in the remaining nine, the Starr-Edwards semirigid aortic valve prosthesis. The surgical technique employed is described. There were two operative deaths and two late deaths. The results have been excellent in all of the survivors but one. They have returned to full-time activities and four of them to strenuous physical work. It is the contention of the authors that aortic valve replacement is a surgical procedure with acceptable risks, offering hope for a near-normal life to patients crippled by severe aortic valvular lesions.

Aorta↗