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Aortic root enlargement does not increase the surgical risk and short-term pati...

Objective: To analyze the short-term outcome of aortic root enlargement (ARE) using death and adverse events as end points. Methods: From January 1999 through December 2009, 3339 patients were subjected to aortic valve replacement (AVR). A total of 678 were considered to have small aortic roots (SARs) in which an aortic prosthesis size 21mm or smaller was implanted. ARE using a bovine pericardial patch was perf...