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. 2007 May;83(5):1906-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.099.

A "double overlap" suture technique for the proximal attachment of a composite graft to the aortic annulus

John A Rousou  1 , Abdallah K Alameddine, Chunjie Yang
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A "double overlap" suture technique for the proximal attachment of a composite graft to the aortic annulus

John A Rousou et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 May.

Abstract

Repair of an aortic root aneurysm using a composite graft is sometimes complicated by proximal suture line bleeding, which may be very difficult to control. We adopted a previously described technique of "double overlap" sutures on the annulus and the prosthetic cuff, which has virtually eliminated this complication.

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