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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1870. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.008
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Thomas Walther, MD, PhDa, Claudia Walther, MDb

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Leipzig, Heartcenter, Strümpellstrasse 39, Leipzig, D-04289 Germany
b Department of Cardiology, University Leipzig, Heartcenter, Strümpellstrasse 39, Leipzig, D-04289 Germany

(Email: walt@medizin.uni-leipzig.de).

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Valve-in-a-valve (VinV) implantation is a valid therapeutic option to treat patients with diseased xenografts who are at high risk for conventional redo cardiac surgery. The VinV implantation has been performed in individual patients using antegrade transapical or retrograde transfemoral approaches with the Edwards Sapien (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) or CoreValve (Irvine, CA) prostheses at different centers. The indications for VinV implantation should be made according to published position statements [1].

Azadani and colleagues [2] . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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