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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:592
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer using a heterologous (bovine) prosthesis: Preliminary results

Federico Rea, MD, Giuseppe Marulli, MD, Francesco Sartori, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Departments of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Spaggiari and associates,1 and we congratulate the authors for their original contribution.

In agreement with the authors, we think that the use of a synthetic (polytetrafluoroethylene) prosthesis is burdened by several problems, but we disagree with their statement that the autologous pericardium is not sufficient to create a long enough tube to replace the superior vena cava . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Reply to the Editor
Domenico Galetta and Lorenzo Spaggiari
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2007 134: 1601-1602. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]



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