Mitral valve replacement six years after cardiac transplantation |
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| Authors: | J G Copeland L J Rosado G Sethi C Huston R W Lee |
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| Affiliation: | Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson. |
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A 33-year-old man found to have increasing mitral regurgitation and decreasing exercise tolerance 6 years after cardiac transplantation received a mitral bioprosthesis. For 8 months he has been without complications from the valve replacement and is clinically and hemodynamically considerably improved. |
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