Institutions and affiliations:
1 Cardiovascular Department, Villa Torri Hospital – Via Quirico Filopanti, 12 - Bologna - Italy
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leiden Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, The Netherlands
3 Cardiac Surgery Department, “SS. Annunziata” Hospital – Via Dei Vestini – Loc. Colle Dell’Ara, Chieti - Italy
Classification: aortic valve replacement, minimally invasive surgery
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