A Smeloff-Cutter mechanic aortic valve: retired after 35 years of service (1974-2009)

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2010 Jan-Mar;6(1):40-1. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-6-1-40.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve / pathology
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Device Removal
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Reoperation
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome