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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:403
© 2001 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letters to the Editor

Patch closure of the aortic anulus in a recipient of a ventricular assist device

Edward B. Savage, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rush Medical College
Chairman, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cook County Hospital Chicago, IL 60612-3824

To the Editor:

I applaud use of the patch closure technique, which I have espoused at The HeartMate Investigator and User meetings over the past few years. I regret that Stringham, Bull, and KarwandeGo 1 did not acknowledge our previous publication of this technique in September 1999.Go 2

12/8/111173

doi:10.1067/mtc.2001.111173

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  1. Stringham JC, Bull DA, Karwande SV. Patch closure of the aortic anulus in a recipient of a ventricular assist device. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:1294-4.
  2. Savage EB, d'Amato TA, Magovern JA. Ventriculoaortic patch occlusion for aortic insufficiency with HeartMate LVAS insertion. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999;16:359-61.[Abstract/Free Full Text]



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