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There was no evidence in the literature regarding the durability of the Medtronic Hall tilting disc valve mitral prosthesis beyond 35 years.
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This case report demonstrates the exceptional long-term durability (35 years) of the Medtronic Hall tilting disc valve in the mitral position without significant complications.
We report a case of 59 year female known case of Chronic Rheumatic heart disease -severe Mitral Stenosis, who underwent Mitral valve replacement (Medtronic hall tilting disc valve) in 1988, mitral prosthesis4 have proved excellent durability and its good hemodynamic performance in many patients, in literature there is no evidence of durability of this prosthesis longer than 35years, our patient lives a happy fulfilling (NYHA class II) with no evidence of hemolysis, symptomatic embolization and major or minor bleeding.
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