The Ross sub-coronary technique

Martin Misfeld^{1

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Affiliations

¹ University Department for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ The Baird Institute of Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Editorial

Martin Misfeld et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;10(4):538-540.

doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-rp-184.

Martin Misfeld^{1

2

3

4

5}, Christian D Etz¹, Michael A Borger¹, Hans-H Sievers⁶

¹ University Department for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ The Baird Institute of Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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