Figure of eight suture technique in aortic valve replacement decreases prosthesis-patient mismatch

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• who: Nabeel F. Rasheed from the From January , to July, patients underwent a surgical AVR using either the pledgeted or figure-ofeight suture technique at The University of Chicago Medical CenterOf the original , patients, (93%) met the requisite inclusion criteria. Patients who received a TAVR were excluded. Patients for whom a suture technique other than the pledgeted or figure-of-eight suture was used were excluded. There were three aortic valves for which manufacturer EOA was unavailable: the Edwards Magna sizes , and, and the St. Jude Trifecta size, . Patients with unknown implanted valve size have published the . . .
  

   

  

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