Early failure of bioprostheses caused by adhesion of preserved leaflets after chordal-sparing mitral valve replacement.
Robertson
Jason O
JO
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Durrani
Amir K
AK
Mihaljevic
Tomislav
T
D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D000267:Tissue Adhesions