Abstract
The Cooley-Cutter prosthesis is a caged-disc mechanical heart valve introduced by Dr Cooley in the 1960s. Although the valve has been implanted worldwide in more than 3,000 patients, there is a lack of detailed data on its long-term performance, only anecdotal reports. We report the case of a patient who had undergone aortic valve replacement with a Cooley-Cutter prosthesis 39 years earlier for rheumatic disease on a tricuspid aortic valve and in whom a proximal aortic aneurysm had subsequently developed.
Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / etiology*
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / physiopathology
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Aortography / methods
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Bioprosthesis*
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Echocardiography / methods
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
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Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
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Heart Valve Prosthesis*
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Humans
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Male
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Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
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Mitral Valve Stenosis / etiology
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Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
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Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnosis
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Time Factors
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods