title: The Florida sleeve: a new technique for aortic root remodeling with preservation of the aortic valve and sinuses.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0286, USA. hesspj@mail.surgery.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Klodell
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Beaver
authors.forename: Tomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: 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