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KMID : 0364019950280090817
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1995 Volume.28 No. 9 p.817 ~ p.821
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Clinical Experience of Carbomedics Prosthetic Heart Valve
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Abstract
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The Carbomedics medical valve has become our mechanical valvular prosthesis of choice because of favorable hemodynamic results that associated with marked clinical improvement and low incidence of thromboembolism after its uses.
The data for this study was collected from August 1988 to July 1993, five years period. There were a total of 57 patients (female 40, male 17) in this series with 4 isolated aortic valve, 26 isolated mitral valve, 11 double valve and a triple
valve
replacement.
The mean follow up duration was 32 months.
Postoperatively, 58% of cases were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class Ⅰ, and mild and moderate symptoms (NYHA) class Ⅱ) were present in 36% and there was a few patients remaining in higher functional classes.
Postoperative echocardiographic study showed marked improvment in cardiac function.
The overall hospital mortality was 3.5% and there was one late death after triple valve replacement because of sudden death.
The causes of hospital death were attributed to early prosthetic valve endocarditis and heart failure.
(Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;28:817-21)
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