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Aortic Valve Sparing: Reimplantation Technique

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In 1992, David and Feindel firstly described a technique to preserve the aortic valve during aortic root replacement [1]. Since then, the valve sparing procedures gained widespread diffusion and stimulated the research on the treatment of aortic valve insufficiency and the physiopathology of the aortic root [2–4].

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    Carmelo Mignosa M.D., F.E.T.C.S. & Antonino S. Rubino M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, MEH, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  2. Department of Cardiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Patrizio Lancellotti

  3. Marcus Heart Valve Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

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Intraoperative view of the proximal line of suture reinforced with Teflon pledgets along the virtual basal ring. To avoid any damage to the conduction tissue, the suture should be seated on the side of the perimembranous septum, beneath the aortic valve leaflets (WMV 30540 kb)

Intraoperative view of the aortic wall reimplanted inside a straight tubular graft (WMV 75849 kb)

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Mignosa, C., Rubino, A.S. (2018). Aortic Valve Sparing: Reimplantation Technique. In: Fattouch, K., Lancellotti, P., Vannan, M., Speziale, G. (eds) Advances in Treatments for Aortic Valve and Root Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66483-5_13

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