1. Aortic valve surgery: What is the future?
Narcis Hudorović 
International Journal of Surgery 
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages (April 2008)
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2. Figure 1
Life expectancy for men and women, EU 15, 1960–2000. Source: Eurostar
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3. Figure 2 CABG procedures in the USA SRS database, 1993 to June 2002.
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4. Figure 3
Decrease of CAB procedures in the UK. Source: United Kingdom Cardiac Surgical Register trends in cardiac surgery 1877–2001 (n=578,051).
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5. Figure 4
Schematic illustration of transapical aortic valve implantation. The prosthesis is being dilated at the annular level within the native aortic valve cusps. Transapical sheath insertion is secured with a purse-string suture.
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6. Figure 5
Hybrid procedure involving a debranching of the great vessels and placement of an endoluminal graft into the aortic arch.
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7. Figure 6
Schematic representation of the aortic valve replacement with the left transventricular approach.
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