Publications by authors named "Sotirios G Tsomkopoulos"
The Nicks-Nunez posterior enlargement in the small aortic annulus: immediate-intermediate results.
Kyriakos St Rammos Demetrios G Ketikoglou George J Koullias Sotirios G Tsomkopoulos Charalambos K Rammos
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
December 2006
Objectives: To avoid prosthesis-patient mismatch, posterior enlargement of the small aortic annulus using the Nicks-Nunez surgical approach was performed in fifteen patients and the immediate-intermediate results are reported retrospectively.
Methods: During the period November 1995 to June 2005, 220 patients underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) for primary aortic stenosis (AS). Fifteen patients (15/220 - 6%), all women, 40-76 years old (mean age 65.