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Sorry but when you use the term "generally" in a medical context you can be sure the following statement is incorrect. This article is referring to the aortic r
by 10dpd 13y ago
Sorry but when you use the term "generally" in a medical context you can be sure the following statement is incorrect. This article is referring to the aortic root which cannot be stinted due to its proximity to the heart.
- graeham 13y ago"Generally" refers to an average trend, not that all examples must follow that trend. I am not that familiar with Marfan's or this case, so I don't know if this device is useful in this case (http://www.medtronic.com/patients/heart-valve-disease/about-surgery/our-heart-valve-products/open-pivot-aortic-valved-graft/ http://www.medtronic.com/patients/heart-valve-disease/about-...), but there are stent-grafts that also replace the aortic value so that the stent-graft can be used close to the heart, and you can be sure that medical device companies are looking at ways of using stent-grafts in close proximity to the aortic valve without requiring its replacement.