[Reoperation for a Starr-Edwards ball valve prosthesis implanted in mitral position 31 years ago].
The patient is a 61-year-old woman who had undergone mitral valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards cloth-covered ball valve 31 years ago. She had dyspnea on effort 1 month before admission. The echocardiography revealed mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. Re-replacement of the mitral prosthetic valve with an ATS valve and tricuspid annuloplasty were successfully performed without any complication. The cloth wear of the Starr-Edwards ball valve cage was recognized and no thrombus was found at operation. To our knowledge, there has been no such a reoperative case who underwent so long postoperative period after initial implantation of the Starr-Edwards ball valve in Japan. This experience made us realize again the importance of attention to the complications related to a prosthetic valve like a cloth wear during long-term follow-up for the Starr-Edwards ball valve.
Goshima
M
M
Department of Second Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shiono
M
M
Yamamoto
T
T
Inoue
T
T
Hata
M
M
Sezai
A
A
Niino
T
T
Nakamura
T
T
Ye
Z
Z
Negishi
N
N
Sezai
Y
Y
D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*