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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, 3-16-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-0003 Japan

(Email: maando@shi.heart.or.jp).

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This article by Jeong and colleagues [1] is a report on the results of aortic valve surgery in patients with Behçet disease. Because its incidence is low and the prevalence is geographically concentrated in Asia, information on this group of patients is limited. This landmark article presents 19 cases undergoing aortic valve procedure for a total of 46 times . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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