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Coronary flow in sinus grafts?

Author(s) -

Francis Robicsek

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.08.018

Subject(s) - cardiology , coronary sinus , sinus (botany) , medicine , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , physics , biology , botany , genus

I read with interest the article of De Paulis et al. “Coronary flow characteristics after a Bentall procedure with or without sinuses of Valsalva” in the July 2004 issue of the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery [1], which examines the effects of the pseudosinuses of a ‘new conduit’ with pseudosinuses (Gelweave Valsalvae, Terumo Vascutek, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK) upon coronary blood flow. While our observations on the subject of how the bulb geometry may modify coronary flow are comparable with those of the authors, i.e. the effect is minimal, if

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