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May 4, 1967New England Journal of Medicine

Death Due to Swelling of Ball Component of Aortic Ball-Valve Prosthesis

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Population

1 patient with aortic regurgitation

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

20 months

Authors

ELEugene G. LaforetBoston University

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to rare fatal prosthetic failure; leaves open durability questions for modern mechanical valves.

Structured PICO

P
Population
1 patient with aortic regurgitation
I
Intervention
Aortic ball-valve prosthesis implantation
O
Outcome
Death due to mechanical failure (swelling of the ball component)hard clinical

This case report highlights a fatal mechanical failure mechanism (ball swelling) in early aortic ball-valve prostheses.

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Eugene G. Laforet (1967) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70a33bac440176ef294dd5https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196705042761808

Topics

Heart failureHFrEF treatment
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  1. 1Death Due to Migration of the Ball From an Aortic-Valve Prosthesis1965 · 42 citations
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  3. 3Aortic Ball Variance: Diagnosis and Treatment1970 · 70 citations
  4. 4Immediate and Late Results of Aortic Ball Valve Replacement1972 · 5 citations
  5. 5Aortic Replacement1963 · 185 citations