A 37-year-old Smeloff-Cutter aortic valve.
We describe the case of a 64-year-old woman with mitral insufficiency that had undergone an aortic valve replacement with a Smeloff-Cutoff prosthesis (Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, CA) 37 years ago. She underwent both aortic and mitral valve replacement. The patient's Smeloff-Cutter aortic valve was unchanged. This case demonstrates the longest durability for the Smeloff-Cutter aortic prosthesis reported in the literature.
Si
Ming-Sing
MS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Zapolanski
Alex
A
D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography