From Leonardo to the Valsalva graft: the physics behind valve-sparing aortic root replacement

Giacomo Murana¹, Davide Pacini^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Department, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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Giacomo Murana et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 1;63(3):ezad094.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad094.

Giacomo Murana¹, Davide Pacini^{1

2}

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Department, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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Keywords: Aortic; Aortic root; Reimplantation; Valsalva; Valve-sparing operation.

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Hydrodynamic ex vivo analysis of valve-sparing techniques: assessment and comparison.
Di Leonardo S, Vella D, Grillo CS, Martorana C, Torre S, Argano V, Burriesci G. Di Leonardo S, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Mar 1;63(3):ezad040. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad040. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023. PMID: 36744913 Free PMC article.