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Medtronic received information that 6 years and 10 months post implant of this mitral annuloplasty band, it was explanted and replaced with a bioprosthetic valve due severe regurgitation.During the explant procedure, the surgeon noted that the ring was intact.The patient's native posterior leaflet had been repaired previously with a suture, and now was retracted, which the surgeon stated was the cause of the severe regurgitation, not failure of the annuloplasty product.No additional adverse patient effects were reported. .
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