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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:1021
© 2000 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery


Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Editorial: Independent factors associated with longevity of prosthetic pulmonary valves and valved conduits

David R. Clarke, MD

From the Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colo.

Address for reprints: David R. Clarke, MD, Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital, 1056 E 19th Ave, B200, Denver, CO 80218.


    Introduction
 
Caldarone and associates have reported on a 30-year series of patients who had undergone right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with a prosthetic valve or valved conduit at one institution (see page 1022). The stated objective of this study is to identify risk factors for valve survival. However, results can be misleading if the only examined indicator of valve failure is valve replacement. Both patient mortality and the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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