Mitral Valve Replacement
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content: The mitral valve is located between the upper and lower left chambers of a heart. This mitral valve replacement was developed by Albert Starr, M.D., a surgeon at the University of Oregon Medical School, and Lowell Edwards, an engineer. Dr. Starr (b. 1926) won a Lasker award for medical research in 2007.
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content: Ref: A. M. Matthews, “The Development of the Starr-Edwards Heart Valve,” Texas Heart Institute Journal 25 (1998): 282-293.
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content: “3 of the 4 Valves in Heart Rebuilt,” New York Times (April 27, 1963), p. 6.
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content: “4 Winners of Lasker Awards for Research,” New York Times (Sept. 16, 2007), p. 22.
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content: “Lowell Edwards Dead at 84; Co-developer of Heart Valve,” New York Times (April 12, 1982), p. B8.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 1984.0704.01
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content: 1984.0704.01
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content: 1984.0704
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content: mitral valve replacement
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content: mitral valve replacement