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The Ross procedure: biomechanical properties of the pulmonary artery according to aortic valve phenotype.
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery - 1 Sept 2016
Dionne Pierre Olivier, Wener Evan, Emmott Alexander, Cartier Raymond, Mongrain Rosaire, Leask Richard, El-Hamamsy Ismail
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to determine whether patients undergoing the Ross procedure with bicuspid aortic valves have pulmonary artery biomechanical properties different from those with tricuspid valves. METHODS: Thirty-two pulmonary arteries and 20 aortas were obtained from patients undergoing the Ross procedure at the time of surgery, from a cohort of 32 patients. The aortic valve was tricuspid in 5...
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