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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:851
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Boudjemline et al.

Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 6 August 2003; accepted 9 August 2003.

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e-mail: ohye@med.umich.edu

Key Words: Pulmonary valved conduit • Contegra^® bovine jugular vein graft • Shelhigh No-React^® porcine pulmonary valve conduit • Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

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We appreciate the comments of Boudjemline et al. regarding their observations of similar clinical results with the Contegra^TM bovine jugular vein graft and the Shelhigh No-React^TM porcine pulmonary valve conduit. They postulate a similar host immune response to the xenograft . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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