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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Baylor College of Medicine and The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, One Baylor Plaza, BCM 390, Houston, TX 77030

(Email: slemaire@bcm.edu).

During the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the number of surgical adhesives and sealants available for use in cardiovascular operations. As new products and new information about benefits and risks become available, surgeons constantly need to adjust their algorithms for deciding when to use each agent. Key considerations in these algorithms include the agent's effectiveness, safety, and cost. In this report, Azadani and colleagues [1] describe important quantitative differences in the stiffness and elasticity of several adhesives and sealants, and the authors make the case that the mechanical properties of a product should also be considered when adhesives and sealants are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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