Results of aortic valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards and Björk-Shiley prostheses.
A study has been made of the last 50 patients subjected to aortic valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards or a Björk-Shiley prosthesis. The surgical mortality was 6%, the late mortality was 4%. Postoperatively the vast majority of the patients were symptom-free. Paravalvular leakage was believed to be present in two patients, both of them free from symptoms.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010701:Phonocardiography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011300:Preoperative Care