TY - GEN AU - Ahmed Nabil Khallaf AU - Mohamed Abd El Raouf , AU - Mostafa Radwan , AU - Talal Reda , TI - Aortic valve replacement with or without aortic root enlargement in patients with small aortic annulus / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Nabil Khallaf , KW - Aortic root enlargement procedures KW - Patient / prosthesis mismatch KW - Small aortic annulus N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 ER -