Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 656-666, June 2010

Comprehensive Echocardiographic Assessment of Normal Mitral Medtronic Hancock II, Medtronic Mosaic, and Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Bioprostheses Early after Implantation

  • Lori A. Blauwet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Joseph F. Malouf, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Heidi M. Connolly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • David O. Hodge, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Katie N. Evans, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Regina M. Herges, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Thoralf M. Sundt III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Fletcher A. Miller Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fletcher A. Miller Jr, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

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 Conflict of interest: None.

 Portions of this manuscript have been published in: Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Sundt TM 3rd, et al. Doppler echocardiography of 79 normal CarboMedics mitral prostheses: a comprehensive assessment including time-velocity integral ratio and prosthesis performance index. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2007;20:1125-30.

PII: S0894-7317(10)00278-6

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2010.03.031

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 656-666, June 2010