The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 1417-1421 , June 2012

Impairment of pericardial leaflet structure from balloon-expanded valved stents

  • Wiebke de Buhr, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Central Laboratory Animal Facility, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
    • ,
  • Stefan Pfeifer, Dipl-Ing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Engineering, Technical University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Julia Slotta-Huspenina, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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  • Erich Wintermantel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Engineering, Technical University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Georg Lutter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfgang A. Goetz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Wolfgang A. Goetz, MD, PhD, University Hospital Regensburg, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Franz Josef Strauß Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg.

Received 21 August 2011 ,Revised 28 September 2011 ,Accepted 7 November 2011.

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 Disclosures: Wolfgang Goetz is Managing Director of Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, Regensburg, Germany. All other authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

 This study was performed at the Technical University of Munich’s Department of Medical Engineering, Garching/Munich, Germany.

PII: S0022-5223(11)01273-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.11.001

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 1417-1421 , June 2012

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