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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:525-526. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.023
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Robert W. Emery, MD, Jan Hommerding, RN, CNP

St. Joseph's Hospital, 640 Jackson St, MS11503k, St. Paul, MN 55101

(Email: robert.w.emery@healthpartners.com).

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The article by Maganti and colleagues [1] is a contemporary and important contribution clearly delineating a cohort of patients at high risk for valve replacement, let alone a reoperation. Patients are surviving to very elderly ages and, as this report notes, are outliving the lifespan of prosthetic heart valves, including 75 of 112 reported patients with failed bioprostheses and an unnumbered subset of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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