The Choice of Pulmonary Autograft in Aortic Valve Surgery: A State-of-the-Art Primer

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(a) Semiresorbable cross-linked prosthesis composed by two layers: (1) resorbable polydioxanone, (2, 3) nonresorbable expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. (b) The prosthesis is used to reinforce the implanted pulmonary autograft that replaced the diseased aortic valve. The right side of the heart is reconstructed with a pulmonary homograft.

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