Biological Aortic Valve Degeneration: Is It Time for a New Classification?

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¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital - GVM Care and Research, Via Camillo Rosalba 35/37, 70124 Bari, Italy; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. Electronic address: gsantarpino@gvmnet.it.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.

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Giuseppe Santarpino et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov.

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doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.086. Epub 2020 May 1.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital - GVM Care and Research, Via Camillo Rosalba 35/37, 70124 Bari, Italy; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. Electronic address: gsantarpino@gvmnet.it.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.

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