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Root repair in patient with huge sinus Valsalva aneurysm and severe aortic regurgitation

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Anatomical aortic root restoration in a patient with a giant aneurysm of the right Sinus of Valsalva accompanied by severe AI and compression of the right-ventricular outflow is described and the entire case series (5) is reported.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Clinic Bad Neustadt, Cardiovascular Clinic Bad Neustadt, Salzburger Leite 1, 97616, Bad Neustadt, Germany

    Paul P. Urbanski & Vadim Irimie

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Shingo Hirao

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Urbanski, P.P., Hirao, S. & Irimie, V. Root repair in patient with huge sinus Valsalva aneurysm and severe aortic regurgitation. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 68, 530–533 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-019-01104-8

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