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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:295. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.05.016
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Editorial comment

Resection and new stents before valved stent implantation

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Kiel, Arnold Heller Str. 7, D-24105 Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Received 24 May 2007; received in revised form 24 May 2007; accepted 24 May 2007.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +49 431 597 4582; fax: +49 431 597 4542. (Email: lutter@kielheart.uni-kiel.de).

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First, we would like to congratulate Flecher et al. [1] for their work—an important contribution to basic research on percutaneous aortic valve technologies. Unfortunately, interest on basic research in this field seems to have decreased since the human clinical trials began. But despite the clinical accomplishment of percutaneous valve technologies in the last 5 years, many problems are yet unsolved [2].

Unsuccessful aortic valved stent implantations have been reported in different experimental and clinical articles [2]. These implantations are accompanied by additional problems, as follows: mild to severe . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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