The Half-Century Mark: Explant of Ball and Cage Valve after 50 Years.

Int J Angiol

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York.

Published: March 2022

This is a case report of a 69-year-old man with chronic hemolysis and worsening diastolic heart failure, secondary to known periprosthetic leak, who underwent a reoperative mitral valve replacement 50 years following initial implantation of a Starr-Edwards ball and cage valve.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881103PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1720967DOI Listing

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