title: [Clinical outcome of aortic valve replacement with 19-mm prosthetic valve in elderly patients].
abstract: From 1979 to June 2005, 90 patients aged 65 or older underwent aortic valve replacement with 19-mm prosthetic valve. They were 84 women and 6 men, with a mean age of 74. The mean body surface area was 1.35 m2. Bioprosthetic valves were implanted in 77 patients (85.6%). In-hospital mortality was 2.2% (2 of 90). There were 13 late deaths. New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class improved to class I in most of survivors. Survival rates for 5 and 10 years were 84.9 and 71.2%, respectively. The outcome of aortic valve replacement with 19-mm prosthetic valve in elderly patients was excellent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwakura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itonaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motoyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D015996:Survival Rate