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Sr. Magovern GJ and J. A. Magovern
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
The necessity for making a major incision for a thoracic operation has been
challenged. A continuing concern for patients with prosthetic cardiac
valves and their physicians is the possibility of a defective prosthesis.
