title: Isolated mitral valve replacement with the Björk-Shiley tilting disc prosthesis.
abstract: Between July 1970 and June 1977, 151 patients underwent isolated mitral valve replacement with the Björk-Shiley valve. The follow-up period extended over 8 years to June 1978. Hospital mortality was 5.2% (8/151), late mortality 8.4% (12/143). Actuarial survival analysis predicts 84 (+/- 4) % of patients to be alive at 5 years and 80 (+/- 6) % at 8 years. Thirteen patients sustained 15 episodes of thromboembolic complications; actuarially 88 (+/- 4) % of patients were free from this complication at 5 years and 81 (+/- 8) % at 8 years. Other valve-related complications included paravalvular leak (7), prosthetion showed an improvement of at least one class in 84% of patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*