Successful aortic valve repair for severe aortic insufficiency caused by radiofrequency ablation  Giovanni Melina, MD, PhD, Riccardo Codecasa, MD, Irene.

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Successful aortic valve repair for severe aortic insufficiency caused by radiofrequency ablation  Giovanni Melina, MD, PhD, Riccardo Codecasa, MD, Irene Capecchi, MD, Maria Luisa Gianfaldoni, MD, Sergio Bevilacqua, MD, Carlo Sorbara, MD, Pier Luigi Stefàno, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 130, Issue 2, Pages 564-565 (August 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.12.024 Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Preoperative transesophageal echocardiograph assessment. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130, 564-565DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.12.024) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Transesophageal echocardiograph at the 6-month follow-up. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130, 564-565DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.12.024) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions