Discussion

Dr M Malakh Lal Shrestha (Hannover, Germany). Your central message is that for long-term good results after the repair of a bicuspid aortic valve, a deep circumferential annuloplasty is essential. This is something that we have learned also from repair of the Marfan patients, that it is absolutely essential to stabilize the annulus. But I think that you would agree with us that this is only one side of the coin. The other side is that the leaflet repair also must be done correctly for the long-term repair.
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research