title: Double prosthetic aortic valve. Late aortic erosion by Hufnagel valve.
abstract: This is a case report of a patient who had one of the first Hufnagel ball-valve prostheses inserted in 1954 for severe aortic incompetence. He obtained relief of symptoms for 14 years before recurrence necessitated the insertion of a Starr-Edwards valve. The patients was symptom-free for another seven years before the original valve, which had been left in place, caused his death by eroding through the aorta.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery