TY - BOOK AU - Lefrak,Edward A. AU - Starr,Albert TI - Cardiac valve prostheses SN - 0838510493 PY - 1979/// CY - New York PB - Appleton-Century-Crofts KW - Heart valve prosthesis N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents Section one: Background 1. Historic aspects of cardiac valve replacement 2. Data base and methodology Section two: Mechanical protheses 3. Starr-Edwards Ball Valve 4. Smeloff-Cutter valve 5. Magoverm-Cromie Valve 6. Braunwald-Cutter Valve 7. DeBakey- Surgitool valve 8. Kay-Shiley Valve 9. Beall-Surgitool Valve 10. Starr-Edwards Disc Valve 11. Cooley-Cutter Valve 12. Bjork-Shiley Valve 13. Lillehei-Kaster Valve Section three: Tissue Valves 14. Aortic valve Homograft 15. Porcine Aortic valve Xenograft 16. Bovine Pericardial Xenograft 17. Dura Mater Homografts Section four. Valve-Containing conducts 18. Apicoartic shunts and ascending aortic valved conduits Section five: Clinical decisions 19. Evaluation and management of postoperative problems 20. Choice of prosthesis ER -