Is the threshold for postoperative prosthesis-patient mismatch the same for all prostheses?

• Published in: Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 871 - 876
• Main Authors: Okamura, Homare, Yamaguchi, Atsushi, Morita, Hideki, Naito, Kazuhiro, Yuri, Koichi, Adachi, Hideo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.08.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Aortic root Prosthesis; Aortic Valve - surgery; Aortic valve replacement; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - mortality; Hemodynamics; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Prosthesis Fitting - standards; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Survival Rate; Time Factors; Prosthesis; Aortic root; Aortic valve replacement

Purpose The effective orifice area index (EOAI) is used to define the prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) after aortic valve replacement (AVR). However, few studies have so far evaluated whether the cutoff value for PPM varies across prostheses. This study assessed the hemodynamics in patients given a...