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To the Editor: In their comparison of outcomes in men 11 years after heart-valve replacement with a mechanical valve or bioprosthesis, Hammermeister et al. (May 6 issue)¹ found a mortality rate of approximately 25 percent among patients requiring reoperation. The mortality rate reported for the Edinburgh Heart Valve Trial² (30 percent) is incorrect; the rate was in fact 19 percent. In recent years the mortality rate has improved at our institution³. The overall figure for the United Kingdom in 1989 was 12.9 percent.

We believe that the risk of death at reoperation after heart-valve replacement and the increased morbidity . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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