Problems With Prosthetic Valve Surgery: Report From Veterans Administration Hospital Hines, Illinois: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 49, No 6

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Abstract

A 38 year old salesman with rheumatic heart disease had his mitral valve replaced with a Starr-Edwards valve prosthesis in 1963 and his aortic valve replaced with a Hufnagel valve prosthesis in 1968. After the second procedure, he experienced the following complications: hemiparesis, hemolytic anemia, aortic insufficiency, and profound heart failure. What are the diagnostic considerations?

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