Initial Surgical Experience with Aortic Valve Repair: Clinical and Echocardiographic Results

Abstract Introduction: Due to late complications associated with the use of conventional prosthetic heart valves, several centers have advocated aortic valve repair and/or valve sparing aortic root replacement for patients with aortic valve insufficiency, in order to enhance late survival and minim...

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Main Authors: Francisco Diniz Affonso da Costa, Daniele de Fátima Fornazari Colatusso, Ana Claudia Brenner Affonso da Costa, Eduardo Mendel Balbi Filho, Vinicius Nesi Cavicchioli, Sergio Augusto Veiga Lopes, Andrea Dumsch de Aragon Ferreira, Claudinei Collatusso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382016000200183&lng=en&tlng=en