Reference manufacturer report number: 2648612-2020-00128, 3001883144-2020-00113.The article "which is the best prosthesis in an isolated or combined tricuspid valve replacement?" was reviewed.This research article is a retrospective multi center experience to compare the long-term results of mechanical and biological prostheses in patients who underwent isolated or combined tricuspid valve replacement.Edwards lifesciences pericardial tissue heart valve; medtronic hancock ii porcine heart valve, mosaic porcine bioprosthesis and mechanical heart valves; abbott epic serial model tissue heart valve and masters series mechanical heart valve were associated to the study.The article concluded that biological prostheses may be an optimal choice for patients, especially for patients without ebstein¿s anomaly, in isolated tricuspid valve replacement.The primary author of the article is peng liu, md of department of cardiovascular surgery, fuwai central china cardiovascular hospital, henan province people¿s hospital, henan cardiovascular hospital and zhengzhou university, zhengzhou, henan, china.The correspondence author is si chen, md of department of cardiovascular surgery, union hospital, huazhong university of science and technology with the corresponding email: steffengloekler@gmail.Com.
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As reported in a research article, 9 patients died within three days of the mechanical valve implant.The exact valve implanted in the patients was not reported.A more comprehensive assessment could not be performed as the event was non-contemporaneously reported through a literature review and no device was received for analysis.Based on the information received, the cause of the reported incident could not be conclusively determined.
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