Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Bicuspid Valve With Papillary Fibroelastoma

By Matthias Siepe

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Aortic valve-sparing root replacement (David procedure) in bicuspid valve 
using 180° commissure orientation and both cusp plications
A 34 mm straight Dacron graft (very short length!)
1st row: 5 mattress sutures in wach cusp
The base of the prosthesis and the coronary ostia were marked with radiopaque markers