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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 7, 114-116, Copyright © 1993 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Twenty-four years' implant duration of the aortic Starr-Edwards Silastic ball prosthesis: a valve of the past?

HE Machler, CH Schmidt, P Neuner, F Iberer, M Anelli-Monti, D Dacar, B Rigler and J Kraft-Kinz
Department of Surgery, University of Graz, Austria.

Six years after the first aortic valve replacement with the Starr- Edwards Silastic ball prosthesis at Oregon Health Sciences University, the model 1260 was implanted in a 44-year-old patient at our department. During 24 years no signs of dysfunction, thromboembolism, thrombosis, periprosthetic leaks or hemolysis were observed. Material test showed no signs of fatigue. The dimension of the Silastic poppet was found to be one millimeter less than the original specifications of these poppets and there were some lipid infiltrations. Functionally the poppet was found to be nonvariant. Histologic findings detected focal hyalinization and giant cells without signs of acute inflammation or ulceration. With regard to its reliability and durability, the Starr- Edwards valve prosthesis should not be viewed with disfavor.


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