Aortic annular enlargement with the use of a homograft valve.
A technique of annular enlargement for use in homograft aortic valve surgery is described. Potential advantages of this technique, that allows convenient valve sizes in small aortic annuli, lie in the pediatric group of patients requiring aortic valve replacement.
Konertz
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Münster University, Germany.
Hamann
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Hachenberg
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Schlüter
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Scheld
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D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous