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Case Report | Volume 10 Issue 1 (, 2004) | Pages 136 - 138
Fractured occluder disc: a previously unrecognized complication of the Starr-Edwards disc prosthesis
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Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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PMID : -11206761
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Jan. 9, 2001
Abstract

Fracture of the occluder disc of a low-profile Starr-Edwards prosthesis is a hitherto unrecognized complication. We describe a patient who presented with right heart failure and severe pulmonary hypertension 27 years after mitral valve replacement with a model 6520 caged-disc prosthesis. At surgery, there was a longitudinal split in the occluder disc, and organized thrombus was lodged between the split segments. This case offers a unique opportunity to study the long-term effects of wear on the polyethylene poppet and Stellite cage.

 

 

 

How to cite: Malouf, J. F., Hannoush, H. M., & Odell, J. A. (2001). Fractured occluder disc: a previously unrecognized complication of the Starr-Edwards disc prosthesis. The Journal of heart valve disease10(1), 136–138.

 
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