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

Stevan S PupovacElana KossAlan R HartmanFrank Manetta

Published in: The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc (2020)

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.

Keyphrases

mitral valve
left ventricular
heart failure
left atrial
aortic valve
cardiac resynchronization therapy
aortic stenosis
blood pressure
total hip
atrial fibrillation
total hip arthroplasty