title: Aortic valve repair: 49 year follow-up.
abstract: This case report reveals an encouraging long-term follow-up of an aortic valve repair performed in 1962 by Sir Brian Barrett-Boyes. At last follow-up in 2011, 49 years after aortic valve repair, there was only trivial aortic regurgitation. This length of follow-up is considerably longer than that which currently exists in the literature for aortic valve repair.
authors: Mercy Ascot Hospital, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand; Green Lane Cardiac Surgery Unit at Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: mdhaydock@gmail.com.
authors: Matthew D
authors: MD
authors: Haydock
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Haydock
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Aortic regurgitation; Valve repair