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Late strut fracture in a Björk-Shiley valve prosthesis (current series).
  1. S H Sacks,
  2. A D Northeast,
  3. J Watkins

    Abstract

    Fracture of the short strut of the latest series of Björk-Shiley mitral valve prostheses occurred 12 months after implantation. The patient died despite emergency surgery to excise and replace the prosthesis. Björk-Shiley 29-33 mm valves with a 60 degree opening angle manufactured between February 1981 and March 1982 have a predicted strut fracture rate of 0.3% (three times greater than that of valves produced outside these dates). Unimplanted valves from this batch have now been recalled by the manufacturers.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.51.5.578

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