[A case report of Cabrol procedure with zero-porosity graft in a patient of annulo-aortic ectasia with severe aortic regurgitation].

A 63-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for the treatment of annulo-aortic ectasia with severe aortic regurgitation. The aortogram revealed dilatation of the aortic root and severe aortic regurgitation. LVEDVI was 207 ml/m2 but the patient was asymptomatic. Aortic root reconstruction was performed with Cabrol procedure using zero-porosity graft. There was no evidence of bleeding due to this graft and the percent dilatation of this graft was 33%. This zero-porosity graft of knitted Dacron coated with gelatin seems to offer some advantages to the operation. The patient is in stable health today, but perioperative occurrence of VPCs may have owed to diminished LV function caused by severe aortic regurgitation.