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Editorial
. 2019 May;8(3):426-429.
doi: 10.21037/acs.2019.04.10.

Aortic valve repair for tri-leaflet aortic insufficiency associated with asymmetric aortic root aneurysms

George T Stavridis  1 , Richard S Downey  2 , Marc W Gerdisch  3 , G Chad Hughes  4 , Marek J Jasinski  5 , J Scott Rankin  6 , Domenico Mazzitelli  7 , Diana Aicher  8 , Theodor Fischlein  9 , Yeong-Hoon Choi  10 , Alberto Weber  11 , Ivar Friedrich  12 , Mattia Glauber  13 , Steffen Pfeiffer  4 , Antonio Miceli  8 , Ming-Sing Si  14 , Tomislav Klokocovnik  15 , Lawrence M Wei  6 , Marek A Deja  10 , Vinay Badhwar  6
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Editorial

Aortic valve repair for tri-leaflet aortic insufficiency associated with asymmetric aortic root aneurysms

George T Stavridis et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 May.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Drs. JS Rankin, MW Gerdisch, MJ Jasinski, D Mazzitelli, YH Choi, T Fischlein, A Weber, M Glauber, MS Si, GT Stavridis, and LM Wei are consultants for BSE. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Echocardiographic and video images of the aortic valve, before and after the repair.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Outcome data after aortic valve repair associated with aortic aneurysm surgery using geometric ring annuloplasty. Scrn, screening; Disch, discharge; mo, month; NYHA, New York Heart Association.
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Aortic valve repair for tri-leaflet aortic insufficiency associated with asymmetric aortic root aneurysms.
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