title: eComment: Freedom from complications related to dual ball-and-cage mechanical valve prostheses despite thirty years without anticoagulation.
authors.affiliation: Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Leo A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bockeria
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Skopin
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kuts
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000139:chemically induced; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012651:Self Medication; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014859:Warfarin; D001241:Aspirin