CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PERICARDIAL VALVE IN THE AORTIC AND THE MITRAL POSITIONS: 12-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

• Published in: Jinko Zoki Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 174 - 177
• Main Authors: SUDOU, Y., TAKAHARA, Y., NAKAMURA, T., SUNAZAWA, T., SATOU, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 1998; 一般社団法人 日本人工臓器学会
• Subjects: Carpentier-Edxards pericadial valve; indication of a bioprosthsis; structual deterioration
• ISSN: 0300-0818; 1883-6097
• DOI: 10.11392/jsao1972.27.174

From April 1985 to March 1994, 32 bioprostheses were implanted in the aortic position and 48 bio-prostheses were implanted in the mitral position. Actuarial freedom from overall valve-related complication at 12 years was 85% in the aortic position and 44% in the mitral position. Actuarial freedom from struatural deterioration at 12 years was 94% in the aortic position and 52% in the mitral position. However, in the patients over the age of sixty, actuarial freedom from struatural deterioration at 12 years was 100% in the aortic position and 82% in the mitral position. We conclude that the Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bio-prosthesis is good choice of the aortic and the mitral positions for the patients over the age of seventy.