ISBN-13: 9783798510647 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 385 str.
This volume highlights the controversy about freehand subcoronary aortic valve and root replacement with regard to postoperative morbidity and long-term durability. It discusses particular implantation techniques of preference in young patients and in different root pathology. Other chapters address intermediate- and long-term results on cardiac valve and vascular homografts for treating complicating cardiac valve and aortic infections.