The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 614-622.e2 , March 2007

Prospective randomized comparison of CarboMedics and St. Jude Medical bileaflet mechanical heart valve prostheses: Ten-year follow-up

Read at the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa, April 29-May 3, 2006.

Received 22 May 2006 ,Revised 22 June 2006 ,Accepted 25 August 2006.

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 St. Jude Medical and Sulzer-CarboMedics provided financial support for a clerical assistant for the duration of this study. None of the authors received any financial benefit from St. Jude Medical or Sulzer CarboMedics Inc, and these companies did not participate in the design, conduct, or analysis of the trial.

PII: S0022-5223(06)01888-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.075

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 614-622.e2 , March 2007

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