Our series do not confirm the bad reputation of mechanical valvar prostheses in the pulmonary position. On the contrary they perform well and result in a much lower re-operation rate than can be expected and in fact is reported after allograft usage. No thrombo-embolic complications were noted. In our experience pulmonary mechanical valve prostheses do well.

The successful treatment with recombinant factor VIIa of a patient experiencing intractable bleeding after cardiac surgery is described.

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