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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Quebec Heart Institute, Laval Hospital, 2725 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Sainte-Foy, PQ G1V 4G5 Canada

(Email: medjgd@hermes.ulaval.ca; philippe.pibarot@med.ulaval.ca).

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Japanese people have a markedly smaller body surface area (BSA) than their Occidental counterparts. Hence, this study [1] is a unique opportunity to view the problem of patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) from a different perspective. Indeed, an analogous study was performed by the Mayo Clinic [2] in 388 Occidental patients having received a 19-mm or 21-mm St. Jude Medical prosthesis (St. Jude Medical, Inc, St. Paul, MN). The average BSA was 1.76 cm², the prevalence of PPM was 60% . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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