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      Resection of subaortic stenosis; can a more aggressive approach be justified?

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          Discrete subaortic stenosis causes left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction and often produces aortic regurgitation (AR) which alone may precipitate surgical intervention. Conventional resection relieves the obstruction, but the recurrence rate is high, and the AR is little changed as the thick fibrous membrane which extends onto the valve leaflets remains. We studied whether an aggressive surgical approach could reduce both the severity of AR and rate of recurrence of obstruction associated with discrete subaortic stenosis, and whether this aggressive approach could be justified.

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          Journal
          Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
          European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
          1010-7940
          1010-7940
          May 1999
          : 15
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, The University of California, San Francisco, USA.
          Article
          S1010-7940(99)00060-3
          10386409
          996bda12-9b7f-4828-833c-aa398acad3e2
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