{"title":"Surgical considerations of re-do valve replacement.","authors":"X Zhu, J Guo, M Xiao, C Tang","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Between August 1976 and May 1988, 43 patients had their heart valve prostheses replaced. The total mortality was as high as 25.6%, but the operative mortality was reduced to 6.25% in the last 16 cases. The indications, main risk factors and surgical techniques are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77596,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Peking Union Medical College = Chung-kuo i hsueh k'o hsueh yuan, Chung-kuo hsieh ho i k'o ta hsueh hsueh pao","volume":"5 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Peking Union Medical College = Chung-kuo i hsueh k'o hsueh yuan, Chung-kuo hsieh ho i k'o ta hsueh hsueh pao","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Between August 1976 and May 1988, 43 patients had their heart valve prostheses replaced. The total mortality was as high as 25.6%, but the operative mortality was reduced to 6.25% in the last 16 cases. The indications, main risk factors and surgical techniques are discussed.