Aortic valve-sparing operations should be key part of the surgeon’s armamentarium to treat patients with aortic root and ascending aortic aneurysms. Whilst a useful addition to the surgeon’s capability, there remain a number of unresolved problems. To start, more longitudinal outcomes from multiple centers are needed, not only to demonstrate their reproducibility, but also to determine the limitations of these approaches. [...]
David, T. E., & El Khoury, G. (2023). Future directions on aortic valve-sparing operations. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 12(4), 366-368. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2023-avs2-17 (Original work published 2023)