Heart Disease
Studies from University of California yield new information about heart disease
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, March 20th, 2007
A report, "Aortic valve-sparing repair with autologous pericardial leaflet extension has a greater early re-operation rate in congenital versus acquired valve disease," is newly published data in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. According to a study from the United States, "We sought to establish whether there was a difference in outcome after aortic valve repair with autologous pericardial leaflet extension in acquired versus congenital valvular disease. One hundred and twenty-eight patients underwent reparative aortic valve surgery at our institution from 1997 through 2005 for acquired or congenital aortic valve disease."
"The acquired group...
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