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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:384
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Long-term durability of three mechanical valves

Jean-Marie T. A. De Smet, MD, Constantin Stefanidis, MD, Martine Antoine, MD, Georges Primo, MD

Service of Cardiac Surgery, C.U.B. Hopital Erasme, University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium

e-mail: jean-marie.de.smet@ulb.ac.be

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

The interesting case report by Naito and associates [1] describing 28-year durability of Smeloff-Cutter aortic prosthesis leads us to report a similar case of long-term function of three mechanical valves in 1 patient.

The patient underwent operation in March 1975 at the age of 24 years for rheumatic triple-valve disease. He received a 23-mm Bork-Shiley aortic valve, a 29-mm Smeloff-Cutter mitral valve, and a 31-mm Smeloff-Cutter tricuspid . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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