Hans-Joachim Shäfers of Saarland University Medical Center in Germany presents his tips and tricks for aortic root remodeling.
This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.
Outstanding presentation, including the comments about the genious of the field!
29 years ago at the New york Aortic symposium, i had dinner with a group of young aortic surgeons. we discussed this topic ad nausem. The final comment was… “well your no Tirone David”. The same could be said that your no Donald Ross. This is a procedure that should be limited to the very few precientsurgeons among us. For the rest of us mortals there is a reliable root replacement. Thank’s, mortal surgeon…