The Florida sleeve: a new technique for aortic root remodeling with preservation of the aortic valve and sinuses.
Aortic valve salvage remains the procedure of choice for patients with incompetent valves and normal leaflet morphology. Here my colleagues and I describe a new technique for aortic root remodeling with preservation of the aortic valve.
Hess
Philip J
PJ
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0286, USA. hesspj@mail.surgery.ufl.edu
Klodell
Charles T
CT
Beaver
Thomas M
TM
Martin
Tomas D
TD
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva