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A 22-year-old woman was born with a bicuspid aortic valve. Initially she underwent a valvulotomy, followed by a Ross procedure nine years later. Because of dilation of the autograft, a root replacement was performed with a Freestyle stentless bioprosthesis.
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Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, currently: Bovenij Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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van de Wetering, M.L.J.M., Wagenaar, L.J., Bouma, B.J. et al. Giant pseudoaneurysm after aortic root replacement. NHJL 18, 381 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03091798
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