Valve-Sparing Root and Ascending Aorta Replacement After Heart Transplantation Abdelsalam M. Elhenawy, MD, PhD, Christopher M. Feindel, MD, Heather Ross, MD, MHSc, Jagdish Butany, MD, Terrence M. Yau, MD, MSc The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 2114-2115 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.143 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computerized tomographic images showing the 6-cm aneurysm of the donor aortic root and ascending aorta (small arrows), terminating at the previous aortic suture line (large arrows). A valve-sparing replacement of the aortic root and ascending aorta was performed. (A) Coronal view; (B) sagittal view. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 2114-2115DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.143) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions