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A Modified Free‐hand Technique for Homograft Aortic Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Bailey Warren W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.1987.2.1s.193
Subject(s) - medicine , trimming , aortic valve , leaflet (botany) , surgery , anatomy , mechanical engineering , paleontology , engineering , biology
A modified technique for trimming and inserting the aortic homograft valve is described. This altered free‐hand technique is designed to maintain normal spacial geometry of the valve apparatus in order to reduce the risk of early homograft valve incompetence.