Long-term durability of Starr-Edwards disk mitral valve prosthesis over 46 years

J Card Surg. 2020 Jun;35(6):1337-1339. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14551. Epub 2020 Apr 25.

Authors

Thomas Strecker¹, Abbas Agaimy², Johannes Rösch¹, Dominik Jasinski³

Affiliations

¹ Center of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
² Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiology, Clinical Center Bamberg, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 32333422
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14551

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac surgery; computed tomography; echocardiography; long-term durability; mechanical mitral valve prosthesis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Conservative Treatment / methods*
Coronary Angiography
Echocardiography
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery
Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Prosthesis Failure*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome