Why the study?
Valve-sparing techniques were originally devised for aortic root aneurysms without aortic regurgitation, but concurrent aortic regurgitation with normal leaflets can be remedied by re-establishing normal root dimensions.
Population
Patients with aortic root aneurysms, with or without aortic regurgitation
Design
Review
Authors
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May extend VS root repair to AR with normal leaflets; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Discusses patient selection criteria for aortic valve-sparing operations in the context of aortic root aneurysms.
Jahanyar et al. (2023) studied this question.
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