Bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in the young: a cautionary tale

Affiliations

¹ From the Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC and Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. robert.jaquiss@duke.edu.

Editorial

Robert D B Jaquiss. Circulation. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 1;130(1):7-9.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010646.

¹ From the Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC and Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. robert.jaquiss@duke.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; aortic valve insufficiency; aortic valve stenosis; bioprosthesis; young adult.

Comment on

Accelerated degeneration of a bovine pericardial bioprosthetic aortic valve in children and young adults.
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