Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Case Report
Replacement of an Aortic Starr-Edwards Ball Valve Prosthesis 28 Years After Implantation
Keiichiro TayamaHidetoshi AkashiEiki TayamaShuji FukunagaTakemi KawaraKen-ichi KosugaShigeaki Aoyagi
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2004 Volume 68 Issue 5 Pages 507-508

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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 prostheses. Examination of the explanted S-E prosthesis revealed no structural abnormality other than lipid infiltration of the silastic ball. (Circ J 2004; 68: 507 - 508)

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