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  • Title: Replacement of a Björk-Shiley Delrin aortic valve still functioning after 25 years.
    Author: Badak MI, Ozkisacik EA, Boga M, Gurcun U, Discigil B.
    Journal: Tex Heart Inst J; 2004; 31(3):303-5; discussion 305. PubMed ID: 15562853.
    Abstract:
    We report the case of a patient who had undergone implantation of a Björk-Shiley Delrin valve in the aortic position 25 years earlier and who now presented with severe mitral stenosis. The patient underwent mitral valve replacement and aortic valve re-replacement. We review the justification for prophylactic replacement of Björk-Shiley Delrin heart valves.
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