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  2. Bentall procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Bentall procedure is a type of cardiac surgery involving composite graft replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta, with re-implantation of the coronary arteries into the graft. This operation is used to treat combined disease of the aortic valve and ascending aorta, including lesions associated with Marfan syndrome.

  3. Open aortic surgery - Wikipedia

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    When the aortic valve is diseased in addition to the ascending aorta, the Bentall procedure is used to treat the entire aortic root. An axillary-bifemoral bypass is another type of vascular bypass used to treat aortic pathology, however it is not true open aortic surgery as it reconstructs the flow of blood to the legs from the arm, rather than ...

  4. Hugh Bentall - Wikipedia

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    Obituary – Hugh Bentall, 1920-2012, Times Higher Education, London, 11 October 2012; Bentall Procedure for Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm VIDEO; Obituary - William "Bill" Cleland, The Guardian, London, 21 May 2005. Author Hugh Bentall; Obiturary - Hugh Henry Bentall BMJ2012 345:e8010, 8 December 2012

  5. Valve-sparing aortic root replacement - Wikipedia

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    Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (also known as the David procedure) is a cardiac surgery procedure which is used to treat Aortic aneurysms and to prevent Aortic dissection. [1] It involves replacement of the aortic root without replacement of the aortic valve .

  6. Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery

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    Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is a surgical treatment for coronary heart disease that is a less invasive method of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). [1]

  7. Heart valve repair - Wikipedia

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    Aortic valve repair is a surgical procedure used to correct some aortic valve disorders as an alternative to aortic valve replacement. [2] Aortic valve repair is performed less often and is more technically difficult than mitral valve repair. There are two surgical techniques of aortic-valve repair: The Reimplantation-Technique (David-Procedure)

  8. Median sternotomy - Wikipedia

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    Median sternotomy is a type of surgical procedure in which a vertical inline incision is made along the sternum, after which the sternum itself is divided using a sternal saw. [1] This procedure provides access to the heart and lungs for surgical procedures such as heart transplant , lung transplant , corrective surgery for congenital heart ...

  9. Cardioplegia - Wikipedia

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    Once the procedure on the heart vessels (coronary artery bypass grafting) or inside the heart such as valve replacement or correction of congenital heart defect, etc. is over, the cross-clamp is removed and the isolation of the heart is terminated, so normal blood supply to the heart is restored and the heart starts beating again.