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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:690
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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See also page 683.

DR DEMETRE M. NICOLOFF (Minneapolis, MN): It seems that the peak gradient was about a 20-mm difference between your autograft and your stented valves, and yet you found that this did not show any regression, or the hypertrophy and the diastolic filling pressures stayed the same or did not regress. It is often said that a 10- or 15-mm gradient makes no difference once you replace a valve that has a 100-mm gradient. Could you make a comment on that?

DR L. HENRY EDMUNDS JR (Philadelphia, PA): Doctor Pepper, I would also like to know how much regression in left ventricular mass you saw within the first 6 months.

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