%0 Journal Article
%T Extended Durability of a Cloth-Covered Star-Edwards Caged Ball Prosthesis in Aortic Position
%A Yusuf Ata
%A Tamer Turk
%A C¨šneyt Eris
%A Mihriban Yalcin
%A Filiz Ata
%A A. Ozyazicio lu
%J Case Reports in Medicine
%D 2009
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2009/165858
%X The Starr-Edwards caged ball valve is one of the oldest cardiac valve prosthesis and was widely used all around the world in the past decades. Despite the long-term results that have been reported there are only a few cases reported that exceed 30 years of durability. Here in, we report a 53-year-old patient with a well-functioning 35-year-old aortic Starr-Edwards caged ball prosthesis.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/medicine/2009/165858/