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The Perceval S aortic valve. This valve (Perceval S) has not got any ring. It is a bioprosthetic valve sutured on a special device for its anchoring in the aortic root (a). Our patient (105 cm) with her brother (174 cm) (b)
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She weighed 28 kg and her height was 105 cm [Figure 1b].
Preoperative chest X-ray showing the skeletal abnormalities of our patient with dwarfism (a and b). Postoperative chest X-ray. We can see the correct position of the valve (arrow) (c and d)
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Chest radiography revealed great thoracic skeleton anomalies with pectus carinatum [Figure 2a and b]. Postoperative chest-ray was normal without effusion [Figure 2c and d].