title: Favorable evolution of a 43-year-old Starr-Edwards valve in the tricuspid position.
abstract: The durability of a Starr-Edwards valve implanted in the tricuspid position in 1967 to treat Ebstein's disease with tricuspid valve regurgitation. At surgery, cardiac permanent pacing for postoperative complete atrioventricular block was achieved using a nuclear-powered pacemaker (NP). Although the 43rd year of cardiologic follow up was free from complications, the patient--a 74-year-old woman--suffered symptomatic mitral regurgitation and underwent a redo mitral valve replacement, during which the Starr-Edwards valve and NP were left in place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: Chadi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aludaat
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: Amina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guetlin
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nafeh-Bizet
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bessou
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doguet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve; D012086:Reoperation; D014261:Tricuspid Valve