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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Departement de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Chirurgie Cardio-vasculaire, 20-40, rue Leblanc, Paris Cedex 15, 75908, France

(Email: sylvain.chauvaud@egp.ap-hop-paris.fr).

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Conservative interventions for aortic valve incompetence are still controversial. In their study, Jeong and colleagues [1] emphasized the benefit of leaflet extension with autologous pericardium. The technique of leaflet extension was published many years ago and provides excellent short-term hemodynamic results.

The mean age of the cohort in their study was 32 years, and 71% had aortic valve incompetence due to rheumatic disease. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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