TY - JOUR
T1 - Excellent durability of starr-edwards ball valves implanted in the aortic and mitral positions for 27 years
T2 - Report of a rare surgical case
AU - Tochii, Masato
AU - Takagi, Yasushi
AU - Kaneko, Kan
AU - Ishida, Michiko
AU - Akita, Kiyotoshi
AU - Higuchi, Yoshiro
AU - Ando, Motomi
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A 59-year-old male who had undergone aortic and mitral valve replacement with Starr- Edwards ball valves 27 years ago was admitted to our hospital for hemolytic anemia and heart failure. Echocardiography revealed prosthetic valve failure with a high-pressure gradient and small effective orifice area. The Starr-Edwards ball valves were successfully replaced with bileaflet mechanical valves. The explanted valves revealed no structural abnormalities.
AB - A 59-year-old male who had undergone aortic and mitral valve replacement with Starr- Edwards ball valves 27 years ago was admitted to our hospital for hemolytic anemia and heart failure. Echocardiography revealed prosthetic valve failure with a high-pressure gradient and small effective orifice area. The Starr-Edwards ball valves were successfully replaced with bileaflet mechanical valves. The explanted valves revealed no structural abnormalities.
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U2 - 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01870
DO - 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01870
M3 - Article
C2 - 22785448
AN - SCOPUS:84874248973
SN - 1341-1098
VL - 19
SP - 76
EP - 78
JO - Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 1
ER -