[Immediate results of the surgical treatment of aneurysms of the ascending aorta associated with aortic insufficiency].

Experience with surgical treatment of ascending-artery aneurysms with concomitant aortic insufficiency is summed up. Forty-four patients were operated on, 30 of those having dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta. There were 6 operations where coronary arterial openings were isolated and stitched into a valve-containing conduit and 8 supracoronary resections with prosthetic aortic valve implantation. Hospital mortality rate was 78.6%. Thirty patients underwent Bentall-De Bono operation or Cabrol's operation. Hospital mortality was 26.6%. As surgical techniques and corrective methods improved, hospital mortality could be considerably reduced (to 7.7%).