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ReviewAnnals of cardiothoracic surgery2023

Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery.

Guillaume Lemaire, David Vancraeynest

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Review in Annals of cardiothoracic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Anesthetic Management for Proximal Aortic Repair.Seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guillaume LemaireDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, and Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
David VancraeynestDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, and Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC)/pôle CARD, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Owing to its excellent long-term results, aortic valve-sparing surgery is increasingly used in patients with aortic regurgitation and/or ascending aortic aneurysm. Moreover, in patients with a bicuspid valve who meet the criteria for replacement of the aortic sinuses or aortic regurgitation surgery, valve-sparing surgery may be considered if performed at a comprehensive valve center (Class 2b indication in both the American and European guidelines). Reconstructive valve surgery aims at restoring a normal aortic valve function and a normal aortic root shape as well. Echocardiography plays a central role in defining abnormal valve morphologies, in quantifying aortic regurgitation and mechanisms, and in appreciating tissue valve quality and surgical results. Therefore, despite the emergence of other tomographic techniques, 2D and 3D echocardiography represents the cornerstone for patient selection and prediction of the probability of a reliable repair. The present review focuses on echocardiographic evaluation to detect aortic valve and aortic root abnormalities, to quantify aortic valve regurgitation, to predict aortic valve reparability, and to assess immediate postoperative results in the operating room. Echocardiographic predictors of successful valve and root repair are presented in a practical way.

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3D echocardiographyaortic rootaortic valve repairtransesophageal echocardiography

Identifiers

PMID37304705
PMCPMC10248922
OpenAlexW4376255169

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