A Tri-Institutional Comparison of Tissue and Mechanical Valves using a Patient-Oriented Definition of “Treatment Failure”

Adnan Cobanoglu, W. R.Eric Jamieson, D. Craig Miller, Cindy McKinley, Gary L. Grunkemeier, H. Storm Floten, Robert T. Miyagishima, G. Frank O. Tyers, Norman E. Shumway, Albert Starr

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Abstract

Selection of valve type for predominant usage is obscured by limiting the analysis to prosthesis-related rather than patient-oriented failure modes. In this report, “treatment failure” is defined as a valve-related death or permanent patient disability; successful reoperations are excluded, and emboli with permanent residua are included. Results with the Starr-Edwards Silastic ball valve (Oregon) and the Hancock (Stanford) and Carpentier-Edwards (Vancouver) porcine valves are compared using this new definition of treatment failure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)245-253
Number of pages9
JournalAnnals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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