PMID- 7132413
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19821218
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0022-5223 (Print)
IS  - 0022-5223 (Linking)
VI  - 84
IP  - 5
DP  - 1982 Nov
TI  - Review of 387 isolated mitral valve replacements by the Model 6120 Starr-Edwards 
      prosthesis.
PG  - 744-50
AB  - Between February, 1965, and July, 1980, 387 patients underwent an isolated mitral 
      valve replacement with the non-cloth covered Starr-Edwards ball valve (Model 
      6120) at the University of Louvain. The mean age of the patients was 48.765 
      years. The overall operative mortality was 6.1%. The mean age of the patients who 
      died was 52.3 years and all but four were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) 
      Functional Class III or IV. The actuarial survival rate is 78% at 5 years after 
      operation, 72% at 10 years, and 70% at 13 years. The overall incidence of 
      thromboembolic complications is 3.4% per patient-year with a total follow-up of 
      1,675 patient-years. Valve dysfunction has never occurred, and endocarditis, 
      hemolysis, and paravalvular leakage have never reached a significant incidence. 
      Hemodynamics investigations show a residual diastolic gradient of 6.6 mm Hg for 
      the size 3M valves and 7.92 mm Hg for the size 2M valves. These current data over 
      an extended follow-up interval (15 years) indicate that the Starr-Edwards Model 
      6120 prosthesis continues to perform satisfactorily in terms of mortality and 
      morbidity, and there have been no instance of late failure due to valve 
      dysfunction.
FAU - Sala, A
AU  - Sala A
FAU - Schoevaerdts, J C
AU  - Schoevaerdts JC
FAU - Jaumin, P
AU  - Jaumin P
FAU - Ponlot, R
AU  - Ponlot R
FAU - Chalant, C H
AU  - Chalant CH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
JT  - The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
JID - 0376343
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Valve Prosthesis/adverse effects/*mortality
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mitral Valve
MH  - Postoperative Complications
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Thromboembolism/etiology
EDAT- 1982/11/01 00:00
MHDA- 1982/11/01 00:01
CRDT- 1982/11/01 00:00
PHST- 1982/11/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1982/11/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1982/11/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1982 Nov;84(5):744-50.