Aortic Root Surgery

Aortic Root Surgery

Aortic Root Surgery

The aorta is your largest blood vessel. It carries blood from your heart to your body.

The aortic root is the beginning of the aorta, where it connects to the heart. It contains the aortic valve and the origins of the left and right coronary arteries. These arteries bring blood to the heart to keep it working properly.

Types of Aortic Root Repair

There are several types of aortic root surgeries. In some, surgeons replace your aortic valve. In others, they repair your existing valve.

  • Mechanical Composite Root Replacement: This is for people with aortic root aneurysms and abnormal aortic valve leaflets. Your surgeon removes your aortic root and replaces it with a surgical graft that contains a mechanical valve.
  • Tissue Valve Conduit Repair: This is similar to the mechanical composite root replacement. Your surgeon replaces your aortic root with a graft that contains a bioprosthetic valve.
  • Reimplantation Valve-Sparing Root Replacement (VSRR): This is the optimal procedure if you have an aortic root aneurysm and normal aortic valve leaflets. Your surgeon inserts a customized graft to replace the diseased aortic root tissue. Then, they reimplant the aortic valve into this graft.
  • Ross Procedure: This procedure involves the transfer of the pulmonary valve to the aortic root position to provide an autologous solution for aortic valve disease. The pulmonary valve is replaced with a cadaveric pulmonary valve.

The Emory Heart & Vascular team has significant expertise in aortic care. They will determine the best surgery for you.

You may need aortic root surgery for several different conditions. Among them are:

Beyond Standard Care 

At Emory Heart & Vascular, we provide preventive diagnostic and screening tests, as well as ongoing care and management.

Our pioneering surgeons constantly research new aortic devices and treatments. This lets us best manage complex aortic conditions.

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