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Early SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve dysfunction due to tissue ingrowth in an octogenarian

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kerckhoff-Klinik Heartcenter, Benekestrasse 2-8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany

    J. Blumenstein, A. Van Linden, W. K. Kim, W. Skwara, M. Schoenburg, M. Arsalan, J. Kempfert & T. Walther

  2. Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff-Klinik Heartcenter, Bad Nauheim, Germany

    W. K. Kim & H. Moellmann

  3. Senckenbergisches Institute for Pathology, University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

    M. Niederhagen

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Blumenstein, J., Van Linden, A., Kim, W.K. et al. Early SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve dysfunction due to tissue ingrowth in an octogenarian. Clin Res Cardiol 102, 237–240 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0518-1

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