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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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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