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Replacement of a Björk-Shiley Delrin aortic valve still functioning after 25 years
M Ismail Badak1, Erdem Ali Ozkisacik, Mehmet Boga
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Aydin 09100, Turkey. ibadak@mynet.com
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|November 26, 2004
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient who had undergone implantation of a Björk-Shiley Delrin valve in the aortic position 25 years earlier and who now presented with severe mitral stenosis. The patient underwent mitral valve replacement and aortic valve re-replacement. We review the justification for prophylactic replacement of Björk-Shiley Delrin heart valves.

