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Old prosthesis with a modern concept: 41-year survival with a sutureless Magovern–Cromie aortic valve prosthesis

2010; Oxford University Press; Volume: 39; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.038

1873-734X

Pasquale Totaro, Salvatore Nicolardi, Giuseppe Zattera, Mario Viganò,

Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches

We show a case of long-term mechanical durability (Fig. 1) of a Magovern-Cromie aortic prosthesis, the first ever to be characterized by an innovative design and by a sutureless technique of implantation (Fig. 2), which, however, did not gain the popularity it deserved due to the concern regarding risks of thromboembolism event and leakage.