Fleming J, Hamer J, Hayward G, Tubbs O S, Hill I
Br Med J. 1969 Jan 18;1(5637):139-41. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5637.139.
Review of the 74 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards ball-valve prosthesis between October 1963 and December 1967 showed that 16 died during surgery or within the first month after operation, usually owing to myocardial failure; and there were nine late deaths. The remaining patients developed few major complications, and the long-term results of operation are considered satisfactory, no patient being grossly incapacitated and most of them are leading active, symptom-free lives.
对1963年10月至1967年12月期间接受斯塔尔-爱德华兹球瓣人工心脏瓣膜置换主动脉瓣手术的74例患者的回顾显示，16例在手术期间或术后第一个月内死亡，通常是由于心肌衰竭；另有9例晚期死亡。其余患者很少出现严重并发症，手术的长期效果被认为是令人满意的，没有患者严重丧失能力，大多数患者过着积极、无症状的生活。
