title: When, why, and how should the native aortic valve be preserved in patients with annuloaortic ectasia or Marfan syndrome?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ergin
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Griepp
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013536:Suture Techniques