Expanding Indications for Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Reconstruction: Early and Midterm Results Johanna Valo, BM, Janne J. Jokinen, MD, PhD, Markku Kaarne, MD, Leo Ihlberg, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 579-585 (February 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.079 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier analyses of (A) cumulative survival, (B) freedom from grade 2+ or greater aortic valve insufficiency (AI), (C) freedom from reoperation, (D) and freedom from the composite (A+B+C) of any adverse event of 78 patients who underwent valve-sparing aortic root reconstruction. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 579-585DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.079) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions