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Photograph of Porcine (Carpentier–Edwards) Bioprosthesis.
Notes: Copyright © 1996. Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission from Vongpatanasin W, Hillis LD, Lange RA. Medical progress: prosthetic heart valves. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:407–416.4
