Kitamura Hideki, Kimura Arishige, Okawa Yasuhide, Maeda Masanobu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Sunadabashi 1-1-14, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 461-0045, Japan.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, Obu, Japan.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Oct;64(10):636-7. doi: 10.1007/s11748-016-0683-7. Epub 2016 Jul 1.
Mid- to long-term durability of bioprosthesis in tricuspid position is acceptable. However, little is known about more extended long-term structural valve changes of Hancock valve. In present report, we describe Hancock valve images 36 years after implantation.
生物瓣膜在三尖瓣位置的中长期耐久性是可以接受的。然而，对于汉考克瓣膜更长期的结构瓣膜变化知之甚少。在本报告中，我们描述了汉考克瓣膜植入36年后的影像。
