The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 611-616 , September 2010

Intermittent regurgitation caused by incomplete leaflet closure of the Medtronic ADVANTAGE bileaflet heart valve: Analysis of the underlying mechanism

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 1 November 2009.

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 Funding: In vitro measurements were performed by Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 Disclosures: Walter Echinger reports consulting/lecture fees and grant support from Medtronic and St. Jude. Andrea Hutter reports lecture fees and grant support from Edwards. Rudiger Lange reports consulting fees and grant support from Medtronic and Edwards.

 The German Heart Center is part of the investigating institutions in the ADVANTAGE trial initiated by Medtronic Inc.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01427-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.001

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 611-616 , September 2010

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