Long-term results of aortic valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards valve.
Review of the 74 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards ball-valve prosthesis between October 1963 and December 1967 showed that 16 died during surgery or within the first month after operation, usually owing to myocardial failure; and there were nine late deaths. The remaining patients developed few major complications, and the long-term results of operation are considered satisfactory, no patient being grossly incapacitated and most of them are leading active, symptom-free lives.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000401:mortality; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014859:Warfarin