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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:601-602. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.082
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Georg Lutter, MD, PhD, Jochen Cremer, MD, PhD

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

(Email: lutter@kielheart.uni-kiel.de; jcremer@kielheart.uni-kiel.de).

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The article by Meng and coworkers [1] presents the results of a long-term animal feasibility study using a newly designed, self-expanding nitinol stent supporting a bovine jugular vein valve for transventricular pulmonary valve replacement. In this experiment, 6 sheep received a valved stent during a beating heart procedure. The implantation was successful in all animals, and the valve performed well in all but in one in which an increased transvalvular gradient was measured after 2 months. In another, mild regurgitation was present after 2 months.

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