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Impact of Suture Techniques for Aortic Valve Replacement on Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch
Friday, March 13, 2020
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Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.012
Suture techniques were compared for prosthesis-patient mismatch among groups who underwent aortic valve replacement and had a small annulus. Nonpledget mattress sutures performed better than pledget mattress sutures and figure-of-8 nonpledget sutures.