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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
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Bicuspid valve-sparing aortic root replacement with the remodelling procedure
Seif Elmankabadi1, Patrick Hoang1, Elaine E Tseng2
1University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery : MMCTS
|June 16, 2025
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We present a case of a young male with severe aortic regurgitation and an aortic root aneurysm who underwent a valve-sparing aortic root replacement using a remodelling technique with annuloplasty, and bicuspid aortic valve repair.
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