title: Heart valve replacement with the new all-pyrolytic bi-leaflet St. Jude medical prosthesis.
abstract: Since February 1978, seventy-nine St. Jude medical prostheses have been implanted in seventy-two patients with an overall mortality of 8.5%. Clinical, hemodynamic and hematological findings are presented. Twenty-two patients have been catheterized postoperatively, and findings are presented. In vitro comparisons have made between the St. Jude and other prostheses.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001773:Blood Cells; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged