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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:611
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Reply to the Editor

Younes Boudjemline, MD, Damien Bonnet, MD, Daniel Sidi, MD

Hôpital Necker-Enfantes Malades, Paris, France

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We read with interest the comments by Zavanella and colleagues about the article we recently published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.1 Although commonly used conduits are made of woven synthetic tubes as supportive housing for a biological valve, bovine jugular vein conduits (Contegra, Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) are totally integrated and nonsupported, making these conduits easy to handle and suture. As mentioned by Zavanella and coworkers, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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