1. Aortic root remodeling with the “cuff” technique for stentless valve implantation 
Massimo Massetti, MD, Piergiorgio Bruno, MD, Gerard Babatasi, MD, Olivier Le Page, MD, Eugenio Neri, MD, Sebastien Veron, MD, Eric Saloux, MD, Andre Khayat, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 71, Issue 3, Pages (March 2001)
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2. Fig 1
The spreading mechanism of the commissures in the presence of dilatation of the sinotubular junction.
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3. Fig 2
The sinotubular junction remodeling technique is obtained using a tubular graft inserted as a “cuff” in the proximal extremity of the ascending aorta. The vascular prosthesis is selected in order to reduce the diameter of the sinotubular junction to that of the native annulus.
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