The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 848-859, April 2010

Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial comparing Carpentier–Edwards pericardial valve with the Toronto Stentless Porcine Valve

Read at the Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, Calif, May 10–14, 2008.

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 7 May 2008; received in revised form 8 March 2009; accepted 27 April 2009. published online 18 January 2010.

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 31.50 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.

 Disclosures: None.

 Supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01401-9

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.067

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 848-859, April 2010