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P Pibarot has received Speakers' Bureau honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Sorin, and St Jude Medical. He has also acted as a Consultant for Sorin and received research support from Edwards Lifesciences. JG Dumesnil received Speakers' Bureau honoraria from Medtronic and St Jude Medical.
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Pibarot, P., Dumesnil, J. The relevance of prosthesis–patient mismatch after aortic valve replacement. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 764–765 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1366
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