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Aortic valve replacement: is there an implant size variation across Europe?

Emmanouil I EI Kapetanakis, Thanos T Athanasiou, Carlos A CA Mestres, Samer A M SA Nashef, Jan J Aagaard, Anton A Moritz, Gerrit G Van Ingen, Fany F Chronidou, George G Palatianos, Peter A PA Alivizatos, and George T GT Stavridis

J Heart Valve Dis 17(2):200-5 (2008) PMID 18512492

Prompted by anecdotal evidence and observations by surgeons, an investigation was undertaken into the potential differences in implanted aortic valve prosthesis sizes, during aortic valve replacement (AVR) procedures, between northern and southern European countries.

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