Early- and longer-term outcomes of David versus Florida sleeve procedure: propensity-matched comparison.
Tomas HolubecHiwad RashidFlorian HeckerAfsaneh Karimian-TabriziAlexandra MiskovicJan HlavickaPavel ZacekArnaud Van LindenAnton MoritzThomas WaltherPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
Both DV and FS resulted in similar early and longer-term outcomes with a trend to slightly better performance and survival in the DV group. Florida sleeve procedure might be an alternative approach for patients with higher-risk profiles requiring valve-sparing aortic root replacement.