The immediate results of surgical treatment of an ascending aortic aneurysm in conjunction with a stenotic lesion of the aortic valve

Introduction. Ascending aortic aneurysms with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valves have completely different nature of origin. There is a large number of studies focusing on the negative effect of bicuspid aortic valve on the prognosis of this disease. However, studies regarding the impact of tricuspid aortic valve on ascending aortic aneurysms are extremely rare. In this regard, the purpose of our work was to analyze the early results of simultaneous surgical treatment.Material and Methods. The retrospective study included 73 patients with aortic valve stenosis in combination with ascending aortic aneurysm. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 comprised patients with bicuspid aortic valve and aortic aneurysm; group 2 comprised patients with tricuspid aortic valve and aortic aneurysm. All the examined patients underwent prosthetics of the aortic valve with simultaneous prosthetics of the ascending aorta as planned. Echocardiographic parameters and multispiral computed aortography were evaluated before and after surgery.Results. The patients were comparable in baseline characteristics. The incidence rates of acute cerebrovascular accident, respiratory failure requiring prolonged respiratory support, acute kidney injury, and bleeding requiring re-operation were 3.7 vs. 0% (p = 0.918), 1.9 vs. 0% (p = 0.492), 1.9% vs. 0% (p = 0.492), and 0% vs. 5.3% (p = 0.128) in groups 1 and 2, respectively. There was no hospital mortality in any of study groups. There was no aortic valve prosthesis dysfunction in the early postoperative period.Conclusion. Reconstructive operations for ascending aortic aneurysm with simultaneous prosthetics of the tricuspid aortic valve were characterized by satisfactory immediate clinical results comparable to patients with a bicuspid aortic valve.