“…C) Combined, stenotic and insufficient aortic valveAs the presence of fibrotic cusp retraction is commonplace in these lesions, particularly when due to rheumatic etiology, the plastic correction is usually burdened by the progression of the rheumatic disease. For combined lesions, besides liberation of the commissural fusions and removal of fibrotic and calcified areas, valve competence can be restored by using bovine pericardium to patch the gap resulting from detaching the cusp from its implantation base in between the commissures 31,32 . An alternative technique, proposed by Al Fagih, et al 30 and Duran…”