Annuloplasty Techniques in Aortic Root Repair

Pouya Youssefi is a UK trained cardiac surgeon and winner of the SCTS Ethicon Scholarship, with which he is currently working with Emmanuel Lansac at Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris) in aortic valve and root repair. He discusses annuloplasty techniques in aortic root repair. Emphasizing the benefit of aortic valve repair for nonelderly patients, he presents his team's standardized approach of romodelling plus subvalvular annuloplasty, discussing both technical details and patient outcomes.

This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.