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Question:
What is a porcelain aorta and how is it treated with aortic valve stenosis?
submitted by Teresa from Rocklin, California on 8/13/2014
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiovascular surgeon, Denton A. Cooley, MD
A porcelain aorta is a heavily calcified ascending thoracic aorta which may obviate usual aortic valve replacement through that approach. There are several alternative procedures which an experienced cardiovascular surgeon may select.
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Updated August 2014
