title: Five-year clinical evaluation of the St. Jude Medical valve prosthesis in 136 patients.
abstract: One hundred and thirty-six patients (June 1979, through May 1984) underwent mitral, aortic or double valve replacement and apico-aortic bypass with the St. Jude Medical (SJM) prosthesis, at Ryukyu University Hospital, Okinawa. Operative mortality for the entire group was 4.4 per cent. Late mortality from 1979-1984 was 6.1 per cent. There were no deaths related to mechanical failure. Warfarin anticoagulation was recommended for all patients. The incidence of thromboembolism was 0.76/100 patient years. Post operative catheterization studies in 21 patients one year after operation showed a satisfactory recovery of cardiac function. The SJM valve seems to be the satisfactory artificial valve in present use.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery