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Aortic valve replacement with or without aortic root enlargement in patients with small aortic annulus /

Ahmed Nabil Khallaf

Aortic valve replacement with or without aortic root enlargement in patients with small aortic annulus / تغيير الصمام الاورطى باستخدام او بدون استخدام توسيع الجذع الاورطى فى المرضى ذوى الضيق فى الحلقة الاورطية Ahmed Nabil Khallaf ; Supervised Mostafa Radwan , Mohamed Abd El Raouf , Talal Reda - Cairo : Ahmed Nabil Khallaf , 2007 - 117P : ill ; 25cm

Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Aortic root enlargement enables the insertion of a large prosthesis and thus lowers the post - operative gradient across the valve and so it is recommended in cases of small aortic annulus to avoid the insertion of a small prosthesis which can lead to patient / prosthesis mismatch



Aortic root enlargement procedures Patient / prosthesis mismatch Small aortic annulus