Beyond 24 years with the aortic Starr-Edwards Silastic ball valve: a valve of the past? No!
Starr
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Academic Center for Cardiac Surgery, St. Veincent Heart Institute, Portland, OR.
Grunkemeier
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D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012828:Silicones; D015996:Survival Rate
D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012828:Silicones