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Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Patients With Marfan Syndrome—The Homburg Experience

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalscts.com/article/view/16417/html

Author(s)

Ulrich Schneider, Tristan Ehrlich, Irem Karliova, Christian Giebels, Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Schneider and colleagues have narrated a video demonstrating their technique for valve-sparing root replacement in a patient with Marfan syndrome. In the accompanying article, the authors report the outcomes of 61 patients with Marfan syndrome who underwent either aortic valve reimplantation or root remodeling at their institution.