title: The heaviest known operatively-excised aortic valve.
abstract: A 60-year-old man whose operatively excised stenotic and regurgitant aortic valve weighed nearly 15 g, approximately 30 times the normal weight in an adult, is described. To the investigators' knowledge, this is the heaviest aortic valve ever encountered in a human being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Brad J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hebeler
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grayburn
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size