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Impact of Suture Techniques for Aortic Valve Replacement on Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch

Submitted by: Emily RobinsonBronze Contributor

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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Author(s): Hyo-Hyun Kim, Sak Lee, Hyun-Chel Joo, Jung-Hwan Kim, Young-Nam Youn, Kyung-Jong Yoo, Seung-Hyun Lee

Suture techniques were compared for prosthesis-patient mismatch among groups who underwent aortic valve replacement and had a small annulus. Nonpledget mattress sutures performed better than pledget mattress sutures and figure-of-8 nonpledget sutures.

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