title: A Smeloff-Cutter mechanic aortic valve: retired after 35 years of service (1974-2009).
authors.affiliation: Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramchandani
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D020878:Device Removal; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome