Composite Valve Graft Replacement of the Aortic Root: Twenty-Seven Years of Experience at One Japanese Center Tomohiro Tsunekawa, MD, Hitoshi Ogino, MD, Hitoshi Matsuda, MD, Kenji Minatoya, MD, Hiroaki Sasaki, MD, Junjiro Kobayashi, MD, Toshikatsu Yagihara, MD, Soichiro Kitamura, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 5, Pages 1510-1517 (November 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.051 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Overall survival curve and the influence of Marfan syndrome and aortitis on the actuarial survival. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1510-1517DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.051) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Actuarial freedom from reoperation of the ascending aorta and the aortic root in overall patients, patients with mechanical prosthesis, and patients with bioprosthesis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1510-1517DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.051) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Actuarial freedom from all events including late deaths in aortitis and nonaortitis patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1510-1517DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.051) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions