This study was accepted for oral presentation at the 59th annual ECTSS meeting (10/2021).
Conflicts of Interest : IS and DS receive institutional research support from Atricure, Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic. No personal fees. None of these are related to this manuscript.
Source of Funding : None
IRB approval : This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Pittsburgh on 4/17/2019 (STUDY18120143), with written consent being waived.
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Running head: Bovine versus Porcine aortic valves
Corresponding author :
Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
UPMC Center for Heart Valve Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
5200 Centre Ave, Suite 715
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Tel: (412) 623-6193
Fax: (412) 623-3717
sultani@upmc.edu