Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1983; 31(5): 288-290
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021998
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Experimental Atrioventricular Bioprosthetic Valve Insertion: A Simple and Successful Technique

I. Gallo, R. W. M. Frater
  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Publication History

1983

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

Summary

Animal testing has become mandatory for the development of new prosthetic heart valves. It is very expensive. Low mortality and morbidity are essential in controlling costs. A simple technique for atrioventricular valve replacement in dogs and sheep that includes normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass, the maintenance of a beating heart and the avoidance of excision of the natural valve is described. Results have been excellent.