Functional Outcomes of Type I Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair With Annular Stabilization: Subcommissural Annuloplasty Versus External Subannular Aortic Ring

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BackgroundIn bicuspid aortic valve patients with nonaneurysmal root (<45 mm) and severe aortic insufficiency (AI), external subannular aortic ring (ESAR) is being increasingly utilized for annular stabilization, compared with traditional subcommissural annuloplasty (SCA). To this date, there is no comparative study assessing functional equivalence or superiority of ESAR over SCA.MethodsFrom 2003 to 2017, 139 patients underwent type I bicuspid aortic valve repair, of which 50 patients underwent concomitant SCA and 24 underwent ESAR. Cases with suboptimal echocardiographic imaging were excluded, resulting in 38 patients in the SCA group and 20 patients in ESAR group. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography before and after procedure were retrospectively analyzed for 11 parameters in the functional aortic root complex.ResultsESAR patients had larger preoperative annulus (28.3 ± 3.2 mm versus 29.8 ± 3.7 mm,p?=0.1) and left ventricular (LV) outflow tract (28.1 ± 3.5 mm versus 29.8 ± 4.0 mm,p?=0.1) diameters, with greater leaflet prolapse (3.4 ± 1.3 mm versus 4.3 ± 1.3,p?=0.02). In both groups, 100% freedom from AI greater than 1+ was achieved, with significant reduction of vena contracta (–3.0 ± 0.6 mm,p <0.001; –3.2 ± 0.4 mm,p <0.001) and?level of eccentricity of AI jet (AI angle change: –24.3 ± 6.5 degrees,p?=0.002; –22.3 ± 7.2 degrees,p?=0.01). Reduction in LV dimensions (–7.1 ± 1.2 mm,p <0.001; –8.9 ± 1.9 mm,p <0.001), annulus (–3.4 ± 0.4 mm,p?