[A case of emergency replacement of SAM disk valve prosthesis for disk detachment].
A 47-year-old patient had undergone the mitral valve replacement using a SAM disk prosthesis in 1977. 15 years and 10 months after the first operation, she successfully underwent emergency replacement with a St. Jude Medical valve prosthesis because of detachment of the disk of the SAM prosthesis and now she is doing well.
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D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation