Fatal obstruction of the aortic root by Starr-Edwards aortic ball-valve prosthesis
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Fixation of aortic ball valve prosthesis (Starr-Edwards).
The technique of fixation of a ball valve prosthesis in the area of the non-coronary cusp by bringing the sutures from the collar of the prosthesis out through the wall of the aorta and tying them over strips of dacron has been discussed by Starr, Edwards, McCord, and Griswold (1963), and advocated by Effler, Groves, and Favaloro (1964). We have never in our first 100 operated cases seen a leak...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)43352-7