This article was reviewed by the editorial committee of the Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.Any author who is going to cite this article for writing, must consider the facts listed below which were found during review of this article.
Study group enrolment
- 3 cases of "converting to AVR during CARVAR operation" were omitted.- Re-do CARVAR case was not included.
Complication
- Important complications such as postoperative endocarditis, bleeding, arrhythmia, heart failure were not completely evaluated in this study.
Follow up
- Postoperative AR grading scale criteria was not clear. This may affect the conclusion of this article in terms of "favorable outcome of CARVAR operation".