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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:824
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

Anton Moritz, MD, PhD, Tayfun Aybek, MD, PhD

University of J.W. Goethe, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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We thank Dr Robicsek for his comment on our article "Six Stitches to Create a Neosinus in David-type Aortic Root Resuspension." He has extensive experience in this field. We agree that a rigid tube will never achieve the same compliance as the native aortic root, and that this increases the stresses on the leaflets. However, the question is still to be answered if this has clinical impact, especially whether the higher leaflet . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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