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Editorial
. 2014 Dec;100(24):1905-6.
doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306453. Epub 2014 Oct 16.

The Ross operation in infants and children, when and how?

Magdi Yacoub  1 , Ismail El-Hamamsy  2
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Editorial

The Ross operation in infants and children, when and how?

Magdi Yacoub et al. Heart. 2014 Dec.
Free PMC article
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Keywords: CARDIAC PROCEDURES AND THERAPY.

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Figure 1
(A) Histological section of a pulmonary root stained by elastic van Gieson showing the attachment of the cusps to the right ventricular outflow tract muscle and the absence of a distinct fibrous annulus. (B) Histological section through the aortic root showing a well-defined fibrous annulus linking the aortic leaflet to the media of the sinus of Valsalva.
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