European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic SurgeryAdultFemaleHumansMaleAortic Valve
Towards a More Standardized Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair: Rationale and Design of the CONTOUR Trial.
Evaldas Girdauskas, Sina Stock, Daniel Hofbauer, Johannes Petersen, Hermann Reichenspurner, Tomas Holubec, Thomas Walther, Thomas Vogl, Michael Borger, Matthias Gutberlet, Thomas Kröncke, Josua Decker, Antonia Zapf, Susanne Lezius, Alexander Lenz
Published: 202510.1093/ejcts/ezaf360
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Aortic valve repair is an evolving and still underused strategy in young bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) patients with aortic regurgitation (AR). The lack of standardization remains the main limitation of current repair techniques, resulting…
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