The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 6 , Pages 1533-1539 , December 2007

Cusp repair in aortic valve reconstruction: Does the technique affect stability?

Read at the Eighty-seventh Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Washington, DC, May 5–9, 2007.

Received 6 April 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 27 August 2007.

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    Freedom from reoperation after the three different cusp repair techniques.

    Freedom from reoperation after the three different cusp repair techniques.

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    Freedom from aortic regurgitation of grade II or more after the three different cusp repair techniques.

    Freedom from aortic regurgitation of grade II or more after the three different cusp repair techniques.

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    Freedom from aortic regurgitation of grade II or more in bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valves (all repair techniques combined).

    Freedom from aortic regurgitation of grade II or more in bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valves (all repair techniques combined).

PII: S0022-5223(07)01450-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.023

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 6 , Pages 1533-1539 , December 2007

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