1. A prospective “oversizing” strategy of the Edwards SAPIEN bioprosthesis: Results and impact on aortic regurgitation 
Mariam Samim, BSc, Pieter R. Stella, MD, PhD, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD, PhD, Jolanda Kluin, MD, PhD, Faiz Ramjankhan, MD, Gertjan Sieswerda, MD, PhD, Ricardo Budde, MD, PhD, Marijke van der Linden, RN, Francis Juthier, MD, Carlo Banfi, MD, Christopher Hurt, MD, Morsal Samim, BSc, Marieke Hillaert, MD, Lex van Herwerden, MD, PhD, Michel E. Bertrand, MD, Pieter A.M. Doevendans, MD, PhD, Eric Van Belle, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 145, Issue 2, Pages (February 2013)
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2. Figure 1
Patient flow chart. TEE, Transesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.
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3. Figure 2
A, Changes in aortic regurgitation in the 18 patients with echocardiography follow-up (P = .03 by 1-way repeated-measures Friedman test). B, Individual changes in aortic regurgitation from pretreatment to postdischarge. AR, Aortic regurgitation.
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