Presentation
Imaged with chest pain
Patient Data
Age: 80 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Starr-Edwards valve
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Starr-Edwards aortic valve.
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy pacemaker.
Lungs, pleura clear. Normal heart size.
Sternal wires.
Case Discussion
This patient had a metallic Starr-Edwards aortic valve implanted in the early 1970s for subaortic stenosis.
These prostheses required life long anticoagulation with high-target INRs, and have been preferentially replaced by (several) other generations of cardiac valve prostheses.