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Reports by I. Bakir and co-researchers describe recent advances in cardiology

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, September 21st, 2007

Scientists discuss in "Should minimally invasive aortic valve replacement be restricted to primary interventions" new findings in cardiology. According to recent research from Aalst, Belgium, "The role of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement in cardiac reoperations has not yet been defined. The purpose of this study is to report our experience with this technique."

"Nineteen consecutive patients underwent aortic valve replacement via J-sternotomy as a reoperative cardiac procedure between 1999 and 2005. The mean age was 73.6 ±11.4 years. Previous cardiac operations included 12 (63.2 %) coronary artery bypass graftings, 6 (31.5 %) aortic valve replacements...

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