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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 60(05): 356-357
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295579
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Autograft Mitral Valve Replacement: A New Technique

Aditya Kumar Singh
1   Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Saket Agarwal
1   Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Deepak Kumar Satsangi
1   Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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10 June 2011

18 July 2011

Publication Date:
03 January 2012 (online)

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Abstract

We describe a new technique wherein we have used the Ionescu Ross Wooler stent for housing the pulmonary autograft. We believe that this technique is easy and reproducible and offers many advantages over the previously described techniques.

Keywords

pulmonary autograft - ross operation - rheumatic heart disease - mitral valve replacement
 

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