Abstract
Despite numerous attempts, the perfect artificial heart valve has not yet been designed1. While there is a plethora of clinical and haemodynamic reports on various valve prostheses, scanty data have been published on the pathology of patients who die with prosthetic valves. Although more than 30 000 patients in the United States alone undergo this procedure each year, few studies have analysed the autopsy-determined causes of death in a large population of such patients2. Newer and better prosthetic valves are being continuously introduced3. The ultimate evaluation of a prosthesis can only be obtained from patients with implants. Identification of fatal complications following heart valve replacement is of the greatest importance in evolving means of lowering the postoperative mortality rate. Autopsy evaluation of a patient’s cause of death is more accurate than a solely clinical assessment4,5 since it gives substantial evidence as to whether or not the death was valve-related6.
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Rose, A.G. (1987). Autopsy-determined Causes of Death Following Heart Valve Replacement. In: Pathology of Heart Valve Replacement. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3227-2_11
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