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an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" (同)globe, orb
a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub"
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket"
the game of baseball
form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool"
a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" (同)clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
a lavish dance requiring formal attire (同)formal
a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet"
the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded"
control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" (同)cage in
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept (同)coop
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) (同)Lucille Ball
an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

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〈C〉『球』,まり,『ボール』 / 〈U〉球技;野球(baseball) / 〈C〉(野球で) / ボール / 投球;打球 / 〈C〉弾丸(bullet) / 〈C〉球状のもの / 〈C〉(特の体の)丸くふくらんだ部分 / 《複数形》《俗》睾丸(こうがん),きんたま / …'を'球の形にする / 球になる
(規模の大きな正式の)『舞踏会』 / 《話》非常に楽しいひととき
〈性俗〉（男性が）～と性交する
(液体・ガスなどの流れを調節する)『バルブ』,弁 / (血液の流れを調節する)弁,弁膜 / (管楽器の)バルブ / (2枚貝の)から,貝がら / 《英》真空管
『鳥かご』;(動物の)『おり』 / 鳥かご(おり)のような物;エレベーターの箱 / 野球の打撃練習用の移動バックネット / 獄舎 / …'を'かご(おり)に入れる

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1. 外科的弁置換術における人工弁の選択 choice of prosthetic heart valve for surgical replacement
2. Antithrombotic therapy for prosthetic heart valves: Indications
3. 心音の聴診 auscultation of heart sounds
4. 人工心臓弁の合併症 complications of prosthetic heart valves
5. 弁膜症および妊娠 pregnancy and valve disease

English Journal

A 39-year-old woman with silent endocarditis of a caged-ball mitral valve.

Storm KA1, Hammerstingl C, Nickenig G, Becher UM, Tiyerili V.
European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging.Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging.2013 Nov;14(11):1116. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet089. Epub 2013 May 31.
PMID 23729756

Patient with a Starr-Edwards prosthesis in the aortic position for 40 years.

Miranda M1, do Nascimento L2, Haddad MR2, Haddad WT Jr3, Haddad WT4, Buffolo E2.
The Journal of heart valve disease.J Heart Valve Dis.2013 Sep;22(5):648-50.
Herein is reported the case of a patient who presented initially with aortic insufficiency and a fistula between the sinus of Valsalva and right atrium when aged 31 years. Closure of the fistula and replacement of the aortic valve with a Starr-Edwards A-9 caged-ball prosthesis was performed in 1972,
PMID 24383375

Paraprosthetic leak closure 28 years after mitral caged-ball Starr-Edwards implantation.

Antończyk K1, Paluszkiewicz L, Koertke H, Gummert J.
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg.2013 Aug;17(2):428-30. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt174. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
In this case report, we present a patient 28 years after mitral valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards prosthesis complicated by periprosthetic leak with severe aortic stenosis and moderate tricuspid regurgitation. We successfully repaired the periprosthetic regurgitation in a patient with extensi
PMID 23599186

Japanese Journal

人工弁に関する研究 : とくにWada-Cutter弁の心音図学的研究

鎌田幸一
日本循環器学誌 35(11), 1475-1489, 1971-12-20
… During the period varying from seven days to four years after surgery, phonocardiograms, carotid pulse tracings and apexcardiograms were recorded on the fifty patients who underwent cardiac valve replacement with Wada-Cutter valve. … They consist of twenty- four aortic valve replacements, twenty-one mitral valve replacements. …
NAID 110002612591

24) Seventy Cases of Total Replacement with Caged Ball Valve

IKEDA TOSHIO,WADA JURO,IWA TAKASHI,KOMATSU SAKUZO,SATO TEI,KAGAYA HlROSHI,NAKAE SUMIO,KASHINO RYUJI
Japanese circulation journal 29(11), 1090-1091, 1965-11-20
NAID 110002638155