From valve-sparing aortic root replacement to aortic root reconstruction: the importance of aortic valve repair

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Charles Laurin et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 31;12(4):364-365.

doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-avs2-20. Epub 2023 Jul 28.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

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Keywords: Aortic valve repair; aortic root reconstruction; bicuspid aortic valve (BAV); valve-sparing root replacement (VSRR).

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

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