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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:106
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Bioprosthetic leaflet perforation due to repetitive trauma by overknotted sutures

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, C/ Villarroel, 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain

Received 14 September 2005; accepted 17 October 2005.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 22755 15; fax: +34 93 2275749. (Email: mcaste@clinic.ub.es).

Key Words: Cardiac surgery • Valves • Reoperation

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Five years after aortic intra-annular valve replacement using a Carpentier–Edwards Perimount bioprosthesis, a 72-year-old man was reoperated due to progressive aortic regurgitation. At surgery, several prosthetic tissue disruptions were discovered. Both our and Edwards Lifesciences . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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