Katsumata T, Kurosawa H, Nemoto S, Ego Y, Endo M, Koyanagi H
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
Kyobu Geka. 1991 Jul;44(7):552-4.
A new procedure of "intra-arterial aorto-infundibuloplasty" for the narrowed aortic annulus is described. Aortic valve replacement can be performed through the aorto-pulmonary and infundibular septal incision which is eventually enlarged by a single patch.