Reimplantation Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Marfan Syndrome Using the Valsalva Conduit: An Intercontinental Multicenter Study Fabrizio Settepani, MD, Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, Davide Pacini, MD, Ruggero De Paulis, MD, Luigi Chiariello, MD, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, MD, Roberto Gallotti, MD, Joseph E. Bavaria, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages S769-S773 (February 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.084 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Graft size distribution. Numbers over the column indicate the number of patients for each group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, S769-S773DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.084) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Overall freedom from reoperation and aortic insufficiency (AI) exceeding 2+. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, S769-S773DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.084) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Comparison between aortic insufficiency (AI) at time of discharge (solid columns) and last follow-up AI (gray columns). Numbers over the columns indicate the number of patients for each group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, S769-S773DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.084) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions