Valve repair versus replacement when aortic regurgitation is caused by aortic root aneurysms: relative advantages and disadvantages and the impact of decision on surgical indications.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Disease, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. lngirard@mail.med.cornell.edu
Leonard N
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Girardi
D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003657:Decision Making; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans