Thirty years survival without anticoagulation after aortic valve replacement with a Björk-Shiley prosthesis

Kücükaksu, D.S.; Akgül, A.; Uzun, A.; Tarcan, O.; Cagli, K.; Sener, E.; Tasdemir, O.; Bayazit, K.

Journal of Heart Valve Disease 10(4): 548-549

2001


ISSN/ISBN: 0966-8519
PMID: 11499606
Document Number: 526880
Anticoagulation is mandatory in all mechanical valve replacements and, when well-managed, permits both embolism and valve thrombosis to be kept at low levels. Here, we report the case of a male patient who has survived 30 years without anticoagulation following aortic valve replacement with the Björk-Shiley prosthesis.

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