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Let T be a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space H. In this paper we introduce a new class, denoted 𝓚𝓠𝓐*, of operators satisfying $T^{*k}(|T²|-|T*|²)T^{k} ≥ 0$ where k is a natural number, and we prove basic structural properties of these operators. Using these results, we also show that if E is the Riesz idempotent for a non-zero isolated point μ of the spectrum of T ∈ 𝓚𝓠𝓐*, then E is self-adjoint and EH = ker(T-μ) = ker(T-μ)*. Some spectral properties are also presented.