title: Mitral valve replacement six years after cardiac transplantation.
abstract: A 33-year-old man found to have increasing mitral regurgitation and decreasing exercise tolerance 6 years after cardiac transplantation received a mitral bioprosthesis. For 8 months he has been without complications from the valve replacement and is clinically and hemodynamically considerably improved.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Rosado
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huston
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors