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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:1157-1158
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, PO Box 26901, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd, Suite 4SP250, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

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See also page 1155.

Eishi and associates report the successful management of a patient with significant dilatation of the aortic annulus and of the ascending aorta with an annuloplasty technique consisting of plication of the three commissures of the aortic annulus, support of the plicated annulus with an autologous pericardial strip, and a longitudinal aortoplasty by plication of the distal native ascending aorta. The early results with this management technique were quite successful. Doctor Tirone David has recently reported on the intraoperative measurements of the aortic and pulmonary root in 77 patients. Reduction in the diameters of the aortic annulus and sinotubular junction was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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