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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:188. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.03.036
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Letters to the Editor

Patient selection for minimally invasive aortic valve implantation

Dimitri Kalavrouziotis*, Karen J. Buth, Jean-Francois Legare

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Received 24 February 2007; accepted 23 March 2007.

* Corresponding author. Address: New Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer Street, Room 2269, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A7, Canada. Tel.: +1 902 473 3808; fax: +1 902 473 4448. (Email: dkalavro@dal.ca).

Key Words: Aortic valve replacement • Valvuloplasty • Stenosis • Valve disease

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We have read with great interest the two original articles in the January issue of the Journal that report early experiences with transapical aortic valve replacement [1,2]. These studies show that beating-heart transapical aortic valve implantation has acceptable early results in patients deemed to be at too high a risk to allow for a safe valve replacement by conventional surgery. The authors of both studies should be celebrated as innovators and congratulated for their pioneering efforts using these novel technologies.

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