Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement after Previous Mechanical Valve Implantation

Abstract Recent studies report a reproducible reduction of myocardial ischemic and cardiopulmonary bypass times along with excellent hemodynamics and low rates of paravalvular leakage for rapid-deployment valves. A 68-year-old female patient with aortic stenosis and a mechanical mitral valve which w...

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Main Authors: Markus Schlömicher, Peter Lukas Haldenwang, Vadim Moustafine, Britta Wolf, Peter Zahn, Matthias Bechtel, Justus Thomas Strauch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-04-01
Series:The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1579681