Commentary: Stentless AVR in Dialysis Patients – Another Hand on the Elephant.

There is a parable from the Indian subcontinent that a group of blind men approach an elephant and each of them has a dramatically different appreciation depending on which part of the elephant they are touching (tusk, ear, tail, trunk etc.). In the present report the authors make a valiant effort to understand the performance of the Medtronic Freestyle heterograft (Medtronic, Minneapolis MN) in the setting of Hemodialysis (HD) patients at their center and found excellent durability.1 Anecdotally, at our center we have also found the Freestyle valve a durable option for root replacement; and a recent review of Medicare recipients undergoing root replacement found excellent mid-term results.

Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - July 6, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Thomas M. Beaver, Eddie W. Manning Tags: ADULT – Commentary Source Type: research