Volume 10, Number 6, November-December 2003

The surgical management of aortic valve disease
Joanna Chikwe, Axel Walther, John Pepper

We summarise the natural history and pathophysiology of aortic stenosis and regurgitation, the indications for surgery, the advantages and disadvantages of tissue, mechanical, homograft and autograft aortic valve replacement, and the prediction of operative mortality for individual patients.

Br J Cardiol 2003;10:453-461.

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