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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:761
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

Eivind Øvrum, MD, PhD, Geir Tangen, MD

Oslo Heart Center, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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We appreciate the interest in our brief report1 regarding acute leaflet arrest in the St Jude Medical (SJM) Regent aortic valve (St Jude Medical, Inc, St Paul, Minn). The remarks forwarded by Dr Emery clearly indicate that specific precautions must be taken regarding the technique of implantation. His figure 1 demonstrates the shorter distance from the subvalvular tissue to the hinges. He proposes everting . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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