The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1109-1115.e2 , May 2009

Seven-year results with the St Jude Medical Silzone mechanical prosthesis

Received 7 December 2007 ,Revised 6 May 2008 ,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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 Presented to the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa, Canada, August 17 to 20, 2006.

PII: S0022-5223(08)02196-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.070

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1109-1115.e2 , May 2009

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