PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G. Den Otter TI - Total prosthetic replacement of atrioventricular valves in the dog AID - 10.1136/thx.23.2.173 DP - 1968 Mar 01 TA - Thorax PG - 173--181 VI - 23 IP - 2 4099 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/23/2/173.short 4100 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/23/2/173.full SO - Thorax1968 Mar 01; 23 AB - A free-floating cone valve to be used as a prosthesis for the tricuspid valve of the heart is described. It consists of a stainless steel flat cage with a Lucite cone inside. The experience and reasoning that led to its construction are presented and the results obtained with it in a series of 32 dogs are given.