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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2021

Use of Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Prostheses in Challenging Reoperations.

Igor Vendramin, Andrea Lechiancole, Daniela Piani, Gaetano Nucifora, Giovanni Benedetti, Sandro Sponga, Daniele Muser, Uberto Bortolotti, Ugolino Livi

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The "floating" valve, a modified bioroot Bentall procedure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026
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  2. Redo aortic valve replacement with the Perceval valve: the ideal stepping stone in the lifetime management of aortic stenosis?Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Igor VendraminCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Andrea LechiancoleCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Daniela PianiCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Gaetano NuciforaCardiac Imaging Unit, NorthWest Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2890-440X
Giovanni BenedettiCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Sandro SpongaCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Daniele MuserCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4323-5988
Uberto BortolottiCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Ugolino LiviCardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
University of Udine · ITManchester University NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sutureless and rapid-deployment bioprostheses have been introduced as alternatives to traditional prosthetic valves to reduce cardiopulmonary and aortic cross-clamp times during aortic valve replacement. These devices have also been employed in extremely demanding surgical settings, as underlined in the present review. Searches on the PubMed and Medline databases aimed to identify, from the English-language literature, the reported cases where both sutureless and rapid-deployment prostheses were employed in challenging surgical situations, usually complex reoperations sometimes even performed as bailout procedures. We have identified 25 patients for whom a sutureless or rapid-deployment prosthesis was used in complex redo procedures: 17 patients with a failing stentless bioprosthesis, 6 patients with a failing homograft, and 2 patients with the failure of a valve-sparing procedure. All patients survived reoperation and were reported to be alive 3 months to 4 years postoperatively. Sutureless and rapid-deployment bioprostheses have proved effective in replacing degenerated stentless bioprostheses and homografts in challenging redo procedures. In these settings, they should be considered as a valid alternative not only to traditional prostheses but also in selected cases to transcatheter valve-in-valve solutions.

Indexed as

challenging operationsrapid-deployment valve prosthesisSutureless valve prosthesis

Identifiers

PMID34201997
PMCPMC8305208
OpenAlexW3176213543

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