Accepted Manuscript Comparative study between CardiaMed valves (freely floating valve leaflets) versus St. Jude Medical (fixed floating valve leaflets) in mitral valve replacement surgery Mostafa Ahmed, Ezzeldin A. Mostafa, Ahmed Abd el Aziz Ibrahim, Ayman Mahmoud Ammar, Ramy Mohamed Reda Khorshid, Moataz E. Rezk PII: S1110-578X(17)30150-5 DOI: 10.1016/j.jescts.2017.08.004 Reference: JESCTS 99 To appear in: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Received Date: 9 July 2017 Revised Date: 29 July 2017 Accepted Date: 16 August 2017 Please cite this article as: Ahmed M, Mostafa EA, Abd el Aziz Ibrahim A, Ammar AM, Reda Khorshid RM, Rezk ME, Comparative study between CardiaMed valves (freely floating valve leaflets) versus St. Jude Medical (fixed floating valve leaflets) in mitral valve replacement surgery, Journal of the Egyptian Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.jescts.2017.08.004. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.