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The "crush and aspiration" technique for debridement of the aortic annulus revisited
Héctor E Marcano1, Samuel Olmeda, Raul García-Rinaldi
1Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Advance Cardiology Center, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Boletin De La Asociacion Medica De Puerto Rico
|September 22, 2010
Abstract:
An effective technique for the debridement of the aortic annulus using a needle holder to crush the calcify nodules, follow by the immediate aspiration of the pulverized material using a Yankauer suction device is reported.

