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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:741-742
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letters to the Editor

Percutaneous valve insertion: A new approach?

Y. Boudjemline, MDa, P. Bonhoeffer, MDb

Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, Francea, Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdomb

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To the Editor:

The recently published article on percutaneous aortic valve replacement Lutter and associatesGo 1 strengthens our belief that nonsurgical valve replacement will soon become a reality in the replacement of semilunar cardiac valves.

Andersen, Knudsen, and HasenkamGo 2 reported a nonsurgical heart valve replacement as early as 1992, and this was followed by similar attempts by other groups. Many technical problems have been encountered. The size of the vascular access required was too big, the function of the valve after compression and re-expansion could be compromised, and finally the newly implanted valve could obstruct the coronary orifices in . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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