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In order to facilitate surgical correction of aortic cusp retraction and reestablishment of adequate cusp coaptation, we sought to develop new templates that can be used to cut flat pericardial sheets into precise cusp extension patches.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Each template was designed as a two-dimensional unwrap of the natural geometry of a complete aortic cusp, and a series of templates were made available to correspond with all potential aortic cusp sizes. Based on these templates, aortic cusp extension was performed in 2 patients (aged 54 and 43 years) with significant retraction of the noncoronary aortic cusps and severe aortic valve insufficiency. In each patient, extension of the retracted native noncoronary cusp was undertaken using a bovine pericardial patch that matched the size of adjacent nondiseased native aortic cusps.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Achieving geometrically perfect aortic cusp extensions was uncomplicated, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography confirmed satisfactory aortic valve repairs (aortic insufficiency\u2009&lt;\u20091+ and low transvalvular gradients). Early follow-up transthoracic echocardiography confirmed that all valve cusps met at similar heights in the aortic root, and that their excursions were virtually identical.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The newly designed templates can be used to cut flat pericardial sheets into exact cusp extension patches, and initial clinical experience indicates that they are useful in performing precise aortic cusp extension procedures and restoring adequate aortic valve competence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0218492318780482","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,12]],"date-time":"2018-06-12T00:39:24Z","timestamp":1528763964000},"page":"361-366","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Templates of flat pericardial patterns for 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