Starr-Edwards Mitral Valve Failure Ten Years After Replacement Surgery: Chronic Fibrous Obstruction of the Prosthesis Frustrum Area
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Replacement of an aortic Starr-Edwards ball valve prosthesis 28 years after implantation.
A 53-year-old woman who had undergone aortic valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards (S-E) valve (Model 1260) and open mitral commissurotomy 28 years previously was hospitalized with cardiac failure. Echocardiography showed mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and a normally functioning S-E prosthesis. At reoperation, the mitral and aortic valves were replaced with St Jude bileaflet mechanical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.50.2.372