Long-Term relative survival rates after heart valve replacement [PDF]
, 1990 The calculation and comparison of relative survival rates after interventional studies is a method that permits correction for important demographic variables, thereby adjusting for the “background mortality” in the general population. Long-term relative
Lindblom, Dan +3 more
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Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians; Peri-Operative Outcome and Long-Term Results [PDF]
, 2001 AIMS: Because the elderly are increasingly referred for operation, we reviewed the results of cardiac surgery in patients of 80 years or older. METHODS AND RESULTS: Records of 182 consecutive octogenarians who had had cardiac operations between 1992 and ...
Gérard, Paul +4 more
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Mitral valve repair with aortic valve replacement is superior to double valve replacement [PDF]
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2003 Double valve replacement has been advocated for patients with combined aortic and mitral valve disease. This study investigated the alternative that, when feasible, mitral valve repair with aortic valve replacement is superior.From 1975 to 1998, 813 patients underwent aortic valve replacement with either mitral valve replacement (n = 518) or mitral ...
A. Marc Gillinov +7 more
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Surgical treatment of tricuspid regurgitation after mitral valve surgery: a retrospective study in China [PDF]
, 2012 Background Functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) occurs in patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease even after mitral valve surgery. The aim of this study was to analyze surgical results of TR after previous successful mitral valve surgery. Methods
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Transjugular Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Replacement [PDF]
Circulation, 2011 The patient is a 38-year-old woman with rheumatic heart disease requiring surgery 21 years ago. She received a St. Jude mechanical prosthesis in the mitral position and a Carpentier-Edwards Perimount bioprosthesis (size 31) in the tricuspid position. Over the past 2 years, she has become progressively more short of breath with regular admissions for ...
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The living aortic valve: From molecules to function. [PDF]
, 2014 The aortic valve lies in a unique hemodynamic environment, one characterized by a range of stresses (shear stress, bending forces, loading forces and strain) that vary in intensity and direction throughout the cardiac cycle.
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Valve-sparing and valve-replacing techniques for aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome: Analysis of early outcome [PDF]
, 2009 ObjectiveA prospective, international registry study was initiated to provide contemporary comparative data on short-term clinical outcomes after aortic valve-sparing and aortic valve-replacing root operations in patients with Marfan syndrome.
Volguina, Irina V. +10 more
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Bridging aortic valve surgery to 21st century. what can a surgeon do [PDF]
, 2019 Aortic valve stenosis is the most clinically relevant valvular heart disease in the elderlies. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) represented, for decades, the standard of care for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis.
Barretta, Antonio +13 more
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Long-term survival after aortic valve replacement with the Mitroflow bioprosthesis : a comparative study [PDF]
, 2019 Background Recent case reports of early structural degeneration of the Mitroflow valve have cast doubts on the suitability of this bioprosthesis, particularly in the smaller sizes, and in younger patients.
Camilleri, Liberato, Manche, Alexander
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Transfemoral transcatheter valve-in-valve-in-valve replacement [PDF]
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016 From the Divisions of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication Dec 16, 2015; revisions received Feb 11, 2016; accepted for publicationMarch 14, 2016; available ...
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