Durability Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The Caged-Ball Valve at 60 Years

Joseph S Coselli^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

Comment

Joseph S Coselli. Tex Heart Inst J. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1;49(2):e217672.

doi: 10.14503/THIJ-21-7672.

Joseph S Coselli^{1

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¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

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The Caged-Ball Prosthesis 60 Years Later: A Historical Review of a Cardiac Surgery Milestone.
De Martino A, Milano AD, Barbera MD, Thiene G, Bortolotti U. De Martino A, et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2022 Mar 1;49(2):e207267. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-20-7267. Tex Heart Inst J. 2022. PMID: 35390164 Free PMC article.

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