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Pannus formation on St. Jude Medical prosthetic aortic valve 23 years after initial operation

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

Received 24 October 2007; received in revised form 23 January 2008; accepted 28 January 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12, Sumiyoshi, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan. Tel.: +81 53 474 2222; fax: +81 53 471 6050. (Email: ssugiura@hij.twmu.ac.jp).

Key Words: Pannus formation • St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve

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