http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/08/27/porcine-valve/#comment-568 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:57:07 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/08/27/porcine-valve/#comment-568 [...] Dr. Alain Carpentier’s work in the 1960s with pig-tissue valves mounted in Teflon-coated metallic frames addressed the major shortcoming of synthetic valves: the higher risk of clot formation. [...] […] Dr. Alain Carpentier’s work in the 1960s with pig-tissue valves mounted in Teflon-coated metallic frames addressed the major shortcoming of synthetic valves: the higher risk of clot formation. […]

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