Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Regurgitation Secondary to Ascending Aorta Aneurysm: Is Adjunctive Subcommissural Annuloplasty Necessary? Charles Mve Mvondo, MD, Paolo Nardi, MD, PhD, Carlo Bassano, MD, PhD, Fabio Bertoldo, MD, PhD, Susanna Grego, MD, Francesca D'Auria, MD, Antonio Scafuri, MD, Luigi Chiariello, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 586-592 (February 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.049 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Aortic valve subcommissural annuloplasty and intercommissural triangle placation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 586-592DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.049) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Freedom from late death in patients with (black line) subcommissural annuloplasty (SCA) and without (n-SCA; dotted line). (NS = not significant.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 586-592DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.049) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Actual freedom from aortic regurgitation more than grade 2/4+ in patients with (black line) subcommissural annuloplasty (SCA) and without (n-SCA; dotted line). (AR = aortic regurgitation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 586-592DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.049) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions