Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Mar 2010)

Bentall procedure 39 years after implantation of a Starr-Edwards Aortic Caged- Ball-Valve Prosthesis

  • Sohns Christian,
  • Wiese Christoph H,
  • Friedrich Martin,
  • Schotola Hanna,
  • Coskun Kasim O,
  • Popov Aron F,
  • Ortmann Philipp,
  • Schmitto Jan D,
  • Mokashi Suyog A,
  • Didilis Vassilios N,
  • Schoendube Friedrich A

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-12
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
p. 12

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Abstract We report a case of a male patient who received an implantation of a Starr-Edwards-caged-ball-valve-prosthesis in 1967. The surgery and postoperative course were without complications and the patient recovered well after the operation. For the next four decades, the patient remained asymptomatic - no restrictions on his lifestyle and without any complications. In 2006, 39 years after the initial operation, we performed a Bentall-Procedure to treat an aortic ascendens aneurysm with diameters of 6.0 × 6.5 cm: we explanted the old Starr-Edwards-aortic-caged-ball-valve-prosthesis and replaced the ascending aorta with a 29 mm St.Jude Medical aortic-valve-composite-graft and re-implanted the coronary arteries. This case represents the longest time period between Starr-Edwards-caged-ball-valve-prothesis-implantation and Bentall-reoperation, thereby confirming the excellent durability of this valve.