Indications for Heart Valve Replacement by Age Group

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Durability of the St. Jude Medical® Valve in Children....Pages 3-7
A Seven-Year Experience with the St. Jude Medical® Heart Valve....Pages 9-15
St. Jude Medical® Cardiac Valve Experience in Infants and Children....Pages 17-24
Thromboembolic Complications in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Valve Replacement with the St. Jude Medical® Prosthesis....Pages 25-28
Long-Term Results of Valvular Replacement in Pediatric Patients....Pages 29-38
Performance of Mechanical Valves in Pediatric Patients....Pages 39-40
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Prospective Randomized Study of the St. Jude Medical®, BjÖrk-Shiley®, and Starr-Edwards® 6120 Valve Prostheses in the Mitral Position....Pages 49-63
Nine Years Experience with 1287 Carpentier-Edwards® Porcine Bioprostheses....Pages 65-72
Primary Tissue Failure in Porcine Aortic and Bovine Pericardial Bioprostheses....Pages 73-78
Midterm Follow-Up of the Bioimplant™ (Liotta) Heart Valve....Pages 79-81
A Comparison of St. Jude Medical® and Carpentier-Edwards® Xenograft Valves in the Mitral Position....Pages 83-92
Three-Dimensional Visualization of Velocity Fields Downstream of the St. Jude Medical Aortic Valve Implanted in Pigs....Pages 93-98
Quality of Life after Valve Replacement with the St. Jude Medical Bioimplant™ Heart Valve: A Four-Year Study....Pages 99-105
Cinefluoroscopic Follow up of the St. Jude Medical® Valve in the Aortic Position....Pages 107-110
Thromboembolism in Adults with St. Jude Medical® Valves on Ticlopidine and Aspirin Maintenance....Pages 111-118
Midterm Follow-Up of the St. Jude Medical® Heart Valve....Pages 119-122
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Combined Valve and Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures in Septuagenarians and Octogenarians: Results in 119 Patients....Pages 129-135
The Ionescu-Shiley® Xenobioprosthesis as an Aortic Valve Substitute in Patients 66 Years of Age and Older....Pages 137-146
Valve Replacement in the Elderly: Operative Risk and Early Postoperative Results....Pages 147-154
Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients 75 Years and Over....Pages 155-160
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Durabilty and Long-Term Results of Aortic Valve Replacement in the Elderly....Pages 161-171
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Mechanical or Tissue Valves: Factors Influencing Differential Therapy....Pages 179-205
Comparative Analysis of Mechanical and Bioprosthetic Valves Following Aortic Valve Replacement....Pages 207-223
Technical Problems in Aortic Valve Re-Replacement....Pages 225-229
Hydrodynamics of Cardiac Valve Prostheses: Is Excellence Necessary?....Pages 231-244
Surgical Treatment of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis....Pages 245-246
Performance of Four Different Types of Mechanical and Two Bioprosthetic Valves in the Tricuspid Position....Pages 247-250
Comparison of Reoperation and Complications in Double Valve (Mitral and Aortic) Implants with Mechanical or Biological Prostheses....Pages 251-254
Quality of Life in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves: Influence of Anticoagulation Therapy and Valve Noise....Pages 255-259
Valved Conduits and Conduit Exchange: Long-Term Follow-Up....Pages 261-269
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Seven-Year Experience and Follow-Up with St. Jude Medical® Prostheses....Pages 279-287
Durability and Low Thrombogenicity of the St. Jude Medical® Heart Valve: Long-Term Follow-Up....Pages 289-299
Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement with the St. Jude Medical® Prosthesis: A Nine-Year Update Report....Pages 301-309
Eight-Year Clinical Experience with the St. Jude Medical® Cardiac Prosthetic Valve....Pages 311-322
Heart Valve Replacement with the St. Jude Medical® Valve Prosthesis: Long-Term Experience in 743 Patients Receiving Valve Implants in Switzerland....Pages 323-324
Back Matter....Pages 329-334