RESULTS
Table 1 shows some preoperative and perioperative data of the patients.
Eight patients had chronic renal failure, mainly moderate (n=7).
Ejection fraction was good in most of the patients (n=6). Nine patients
had anaortic CABG, isolated (n=4) or associated with aortic valve
replacement (AVR, n=5), whereas one patient had isolated AVR. Wrapping
was successfully performed in all the patients.
There was no early or late mortality and no complications, either during
the postoperative period or during the follow up. One patient was
reoperated on after 48 months because of severe mitral valve disease and
underwent uneventful mitral replacement.
Echocardiographic outcome . Table 2 shows the results of the
median and last echocardiography compared with baseline. The ANOVA for
repeated measurements showed that the aortic root at the level of the
Valsalva sinuses reduced slightly but significantly as well as the AA
diameter (p=0.03). The STJ and proximal arch showed a mild reduction,
but not significant. Comparison between the median and the last follow
up showed that all the results remained stable over time.