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  • Title: Replacement of an aortic Starr-Edwards ball valve prosthesis 28 years after implantation.
    Author: Tayama K, Akashi H, Tayama E, Fukunaga S, Kawara T, Kosuga K, Aoyagi S.
    Journal: Circ J; 2004 May; 68(5):507-8. PubMed ID: 15118298.
    Abstract:
    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.
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