Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A Bentall procedure is a cardiac surgery operation involving composite graft replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta, with re-implantation of the coronary arteries into the graft. This operation is used to treat combined aortic valve and ascending aorta disease, including lesions associated with Marfan syndrome. The Bentall procedure was first described in 1968 by Hugh Bentall, M.D. and A. De Bono, M.D..