The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 141, Issue 5 , Pages 1231-1237.e1 , May 2011

Sutureless replacement of aortic valves with St Jude Medical mechanical valve prostheses and Nitinol attachment rings: Feasibility in long-term (90-day) pig experiments

  • Eric Berreklouw, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Eric Berreklouw, MD, PhD, Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Catharina Hospital. P.O. Box 1350, 5602 ZA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Phone +31-40-2398680, Fax +31-40-2440268.
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  • Bart Koene, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Filip De Somer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Experimental Cardiac Surgery, UGent, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Stefaan Bouchez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Experimental Cardiac Surgery, UGent, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Koen Chiers, DMV, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, UGent, Merelbeke, Belgium
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  • Yves Taeymans, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Experimental Cardiac Surgery, UGent, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Guido J. Van Nooten, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Experimental Cardiac Surgery, UGent, Ghent, Belgium

Received 30 March 2010 ,Revised 13 June 2010 ,Accepted 3 July 2010.

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 Some parts of the prototypes of the rings and applicators were provided by Endosmart GmbH (Stutensee, Germany), St Jude Medical (Minneapolis, Minn), Vascutek-Terumo (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Jotec GmbH (Hechingen, Germany), Kiki GmbH (Malsch, Germany), and Edwards Lifesciences Ltd (Irvine, Calif).

 Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00734-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.014

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 141, Issue 5 , Pages 1231-1237.e1 , May 2011

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