Straight tube versus Valsalva graft for valve-sparing operation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, European Hospital, Unicamillus University, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Editorial

Ruggero De Paulis et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 31;12(4):358-360.

doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-avs2-10. Epub 2023 Jun 26.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, European Hospital, Unicamillus University, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic valve; aortic aneurysm; aortic root.

Conflict of interest statement

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

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