Cusp repair during valve-sparing aortic root replacement with reimplantation. Repair or replace?

Nikolaos Schizas^{1

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Nikolaos Schizas. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 May.

. 2024 May;40(3):394-395.

doi: 10.1007/s12055-023-01675-5. Epub 2024 Jan 2.

Nikolaos Schizas^{1

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