The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 276-284.e1 , August 2010

Repair of regurgitant bicuspid aortic valves: A systematic approach

Presented at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, May 9–13, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Munir Boodhwani, MD, MMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Munir Boodhwani, MD, MMSc, Service de Chirurgie Cardiovasculaire et Thoracique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc UCL 90, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels B-1200, Belgium.
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  • Laurent de Kerchove, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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  • David Glineur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Jean Rubay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Philippe Noirhomme, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Gebrine El Khoury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Received 13 May 2009 ,Revised 5 September 2009 ,Accepted 22 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01601-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.058

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 276-284.e1 , August 2010

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