Personalized external aortic root support – how to implant it

Abstract

Personalized External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) is an evolving method of treatment for patients with a dilated aortic root or ascending aorta. This treatment is being adopted in an increasing number of centres. For the sake of the safety of the procedure a standardized surgical technique is necessary. The authors describe a surgical technique of implantation that is derived from their extensive experience.

Keywords:

• Aortic root dilatation
• ascending aorta dilatation
• PEARS
• surgical technique

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Data availability statement

Data are available from the authors upon request.