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ONE-POINT ADVICE: The Significance of Performing Aortic Valvuloplasty in Young Patients

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This chapter discusses the characteristics and problems of aortic valve replacement in young patients and the advantages and disadvantages of aortic valvuloplasty, focusing on young patients who have completed their physical growth.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Masafumi Yashima & Hirokuni Arai

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Kunihara

  2. Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

    Shuichiro Takanashi

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Yashima, M., Arai, H. (2019). ONE-POINT ADVICE: The Significance of Performing Aortic Valvuloplasty in Young Patients. In: Kunihara, T., Takanashi, S. (eds) Aortic Valve Preservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2068-2_25

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