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Chest, Vol 72, 787-789, Copyright © 1977 by American College of Chest Physicians

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An unusual lethal complication associated with Starr-Edwards prosthetic aortic valve holder

P Nandi, TF Tse, FC Ho and JS Leung

This is the first report of an unusual fatal complication associated with the Starr-Edwards prosthetic aortic valve holder. The patient died 51 days after replacement of his aortic valve with a Starr-Edwards prosthetic aortic valve. The cause of death was coronary arterial embolus caused by a fragment broken off of the prosthetic aortic valve holder.




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