[Fifteen-year Follow-up of a Patient with Aortitis, Treated by Sino-tubular Junction Plication Using a Prosthetic Tube Graft for Aortic Regurgitation;Report of a Case].

A 43-year-old woman was diagnosed with aortitis associated with mild aortic regurgitation (AR) at the age of 25, which advanced to a severe grade requiring surgical treatment at age 28. Dilation of the sinotubular junction (STJ) was treated with ascending aortic replacement (Hemashield Gold 24 mm), which reduced AR from severe to mild. The patient conceived 9 years later and delivered a baby by cesarean section at 38 weeks of gestation. By appropriate control of inflammation with steroid, neither deterioration of the aortic valve nor cardiac function has been noted during the 15 years of follow-up after surgery.