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KMID : 0364019940270020114
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1994 Volume.27 No. 2 p.114 ~ p.121
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Clinical Study of St. Jude Medical Cardiac Valve
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Abstract
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St. Jude Medical cardiac valve replacement was performed in 135 consecutive patients form Aug. 1986 to Dec. 1991. 72 had mitral, 28 had aortic, 1 had tricuspid and 34 had double valve replacement.
The hospital mortality rate was 4.4% &the late mortality rate was 3.7%.
Follow-up was done on 115surviving patients: mean follow-up period was 29.78*18.32 months.
Paravalvular leakage was observed in two patients, possible prosthetic valvular endocarditis was observed in one patient and other specific valve-related complications were none.
The overall actuarial survival rate at 6 years were 91.6% in total, 96.4% in aortic, 95.5% in mitral and 81.9% in double valve replacement.
We concluded, therefore that good clinical results and a low complication rate could be achieved with St. Jude Medical valve in short-term follow-up & long-term follow-up was also necessary. (Korean J Thoracic Cardiovas Surg 1994; 27:114-21)
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