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.
Russo, M., Gislao, V., Bassano, C., Nardi, P., Ruvolo, G. (2016). Normally functioning cooley-cutter mechanical prosthesis associated with ascending aorta aneurysm 39 years after implantation. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, 101(3), 1178-1180 [10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.150].
Normally functioning cooley-cutter mechanical prosthesis associated with ascending aorta aneurysm 39 years after implantation
BASSANO, CARLO;NARDI, PAOLO;RUVOLO, GIOVANNI
2016-01-01
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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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