Bibliography of Published Articles on Heart Valves

      The following list of published medical and scientific articles on Bjork-Shiley Convexo/Concave heart valves have been selected by the participants in the Bowling-Pfizer class action settlement to be listed on this website for review by the class members, their families, physicians, and any other interested individuals. These articles should be used for educational or informational purposes only and should not be relied on as legal or medical opinions. Class Counsel has listed the PubMed numbers of the abstracts for 190 of these 196 articles and placed them immediately following their respective bibliographical entries (the abstracts briefly summarize each published article). If a class member or his/her family has access to the internet and wishes to review these abstracts, they can do so for free by going to MEDLINE located on the U.S. National Library of Medicine website. MEDLINE, a subset of PubMed, can be found on the internet at http://www.pubmed.com. No registration is required. Access to various MEDLINE services is often available from medical libraries, many public libraries, and other commercial sources. The full text of referenced articles may be reviewed on the PubMed website for a fee.

How To View An Abstract Via PubMed

      Each medical article abstract has been assigned a 7 or 8 digit PubMed identification (PMID) number. To view an abstract, the class member will need the PMID number, which is a 7 or 8 digit number listed immediately after the title of each article. After identifying the abstract he or she wants to review, the class member should: 1) write down the PMID number, 2) and go to the pubmed home page at http://www.pubmed.com. A link to the PubMed home page is available in the "Links" section of this website. Enter the PMID number in the space provided at the top of the PubMed homepage to the right of the word "for". After you have entered the PMID number, hit "go". The name of the article will then appear underlined on the screen.. Then, click on this underlined name and the abstract will be displayed . If a class member wishes to review the entire article, Class Counsel recommends trying to locate the article at the nearest medical school library.
      Before doing anything else, we suggest that the class member review the link at the bottom of the PubMed homepage entitled "Disclaimer." This "Disclaimer" provides information about PubMed's services, ownership of the abstract copyrights, and other pertinent information. The Bowling-Pfizer Settlement Fund website and the PubMed website are not related to one another. Further, the Bowling-Pfizer Settlement Fund does not own any of the content found on the PubMed website. This means that the Bowling-Pfizer Settlement Fund does not authorize you or anyone else to copy, distribute, or alter any of the content found on the PubMed website, including the referenced abstracts or articles. If you have questions on this topic, check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) on the PubMed website or contact a representative of PubMed directly from the PubMed website.