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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:761-762
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Mechanical aortic valve malfunction: An intraoperative BioGlue complication

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich

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To the Editor:

I read "Mechanical Aortic Valve Malfunction: An Intraoperative BioGlue Complication" by Karimi and associates. The communication reports that BioGlue (Cryolife Inc, Kennesaw, Ga) can migrate through the aortotomy suture line. It was interesting that there was an interval after the glue was applied to the suture line but before it migrated through to cause the mechanical valve incompetence (demonstrated by the altered function of the prosthetic valve . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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