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Table 2 Surgical techniques used for aortic valve repair and additional procedures

From: Quality of life after aortic valve repair is similar to Ross patients and superior to mechanical valve replacement: a cross-sectional study

 

Y (repair)

O (repair)

Repair techniques:

n = 36

n = 52

 Central plication of the leaflet

25

28

 Suture of the cleft

8

6

 Supracoronary aortic replacement

8

17

 Yacoub procedure

11

16

 David procedure

2

7

 Annuloplasty ring

11

12

Additional procedures:

 CABG

0

4

 Mitral valve repair

3

4

 Hemiarch replacement

1

5

 MAZE

0

6

 Tricuspid valve repair

0

1

  1. CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, MAZE cryosurgical ablation for atrial fibrillation