| Literature DB >> 2922752 |
G Röckelein1, J Breme, J von der Emde.
Abstract
The fracture of the outlet strut of a Bjørk-Shiley artificial heart valve implanted in a 21 year old man lead--6 years after the operation--to the valve disc jamming closed with a resulting lethal heart failure and circulation standstill. The probable cause of the valve strut fracture could be determined by metallurgical/metallographical investigation of the material and the production methods.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2922752 DOI： 10.1055/s-2007-1013904
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ISSN： 0171-6425 Impact factor: 1.827