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    A patient with Marfan’s syndrome who developed an acute aortic dissection at 28 weeks of pregnancy treated with aortic root replacement

    The patient was a 31-year-old pregnant woman who gave birth to her first child by vaginal delivery 7 years ago. She was diagnosed with Marfan’s syndrome based on physical findings; however, the condition was n...

    Riki Sumiyoshi, Hideki Morita, Kento Fujii in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2021)

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    Surgical outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection in dialysis patients

    Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is relatively uncommon in dialysis patients, and characteristics and repair outcomes are not fully understood.

    Kei Akiyoshi, Naoyuki Kimura, Kei Aizawa in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2019)

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    Rudimentary right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt in the Norwood procedure

    We describe here successful palliative repair of tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic right ventricle, transposition of the great arteries, and hypoplastic aortic arch in a neonate. The repair consisted of the Norwo...

    Atsushi Tateishi, Masaaki Kawada in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2010)

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    Clinical experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis

    We have previously reported mid-term results of a study, which ended in January 2000, on the Bicarbon valve. The study concluded that the valve showed excellent clinical results, associated with a low incidenc...

    Yoshio Misawa, Tsutomu Saito, Hiroaki Konishi in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2007)