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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:356-358
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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External Aortic Annuloplasty Ring for Valve-Sparing Procedures

Emmanuel Lansac, MDa, Isabelle Di Centa, MDa, Shaïda Varnous, MDa, Akhar Rama, MDa, Fredéric Jault, MDa, Carlos M.G. Duran, MD, PhDb,*, Christophe Acar, MDa, Alain Pavie, MDa, Iradj Gandjbakhch, MDa

a Institut de Cardiologie, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France
b The International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation at St Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center and the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA

Accepted for publication October 24, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Duran, The International Heart Institute of Montana, 554 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, USA
duran{at}saintpatrick.org

Two different surgical approaches have been suggested for aortic valve-sparing surgery. My colleagues and I suggest combining the advantages of both approaches by adding an external subvalvular prosthetic ring annuloplasty to the remodeling procedure.




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