Left Ventricular Apico-Aortic Conduit
READER COMMENTS
By
Heyman Luckraz, FRCS,
Adam Szafranek, MD,
Christine NH Tan, MD,
and Peter A. O'Keefe, MS, FRCS
Surgical strategies
- Relieve aortic stenosis
- Myocardial protection
- Without damaging the patent grafts
- Allow flow from LV via native and prosthetic valves, hence bigger EOA
- Avoiding damage to other structures
Publication Date: 8-Aug-2008
Last Modified: 8-Aug-2011