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Review
. 2014 Jan;29(1):55-8.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.12239. Epub 2013 Nov 13.

To spare or not to spare…? The aortic valve in scleroderma and aortic root aneurysm

Reda Kasdi  1 , Jean-Marc El Arid, Marc Lambert, David Launay, Anne-Sophie Polge, Mohamad Koussa, Thomas Modine
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To spare or not to spare…? The aortic valve in scleroderma and aortic root aneurysm

Reda Kasdi et al. J Card Surg. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

Acute valve-sparing procedures are effective in the treatment of aortic root dilation when there is no valve pathology. In this review, we discuss the role of aortic valve-sparing procedures in the presence of connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma.

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