The bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital cardiac anomaly in developed
nations. The abnormal bicuspid morphology of the aortic valve results in valvular dysfunction …

Aortic valve sparing operations were developed to preserve the native aortic valve during
surgery for aortic root aneurysm as well as surgery for ascending aortic aneurysms with …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the early results of the David V valve-sparing aortic root
replacement procedure in expanded, higher risk clinical scenarios with appropriately …

Aortic valve repair is a new development with old roots. In the past 20 years, marked
progress has been made in understanding the normal anatomy of the aortic valve and the …

OBJECTIVE To increase applicability and stability of aortic valve repair, a three-dimensional
aortic annuloplasty ring has been developed for intra-annular placement. The goal of this …

BACKGROUND: We retrospectively evaluated our results with the BioValsalva Conduit
(Vascutek Terumo, Renfrewshire Scotland), a stentless porcine valve incorporated in a 3 …

We describe an isolated extracardiac unruptured acquired aneurysm in the right coronary
sinus of Valsalva, which was seen in a 55-year-old woman with Marfan's syndrome. The …

Methods: The framework of the FEA study included four steps:(i) the creation of a
mathematic model of the patient's aortic root;(ii) the creation of a model for two different …

Objectives Type A acute aortic dissection is life threatening disease requiring urgent
operation. This type of the operation is often a subject of discussion. In our study we present …

Victor McKusick's transition from a cardiologist to one of the founders of the discipline of
medical genetics was as much due to his interest in the Marfan syndrome (MFS) as any …