Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Giulio Rizzoli
Galleria Tito Livio 2, Padova 35123
Italy
Research Article
Twenty Year Patient Survival and 17 Year Complications of Isolated Mitral Biocor Standard Porcine Valve
Author(s): Giulio Rizzoli, Tomaso Bottio, Marina Comisso, Giuseppe Faggian, Aldo Milano and Gino GerosaGiulio Rizzoli, Tomaso Bottio, Marina Comisso, Giuseppe Faggian, Aldo Milano and Gino Gerosa
Objective: Performance of the prostheses must be verified in the time domain. We report the 20-year survival of 230 patients operated of mitral replacement with Biocor Standard prosthesis in Padova and Verona and the 17 year prosthetic failure and complications of the series of Padova.
Methods: 230 patients, 150 females and 80 males, aged 71 ± 6.3 received 235 isolated mitral Prostheses in Verona (67) and Padova (168), between June 1989 and August 2004. Twenty-year survival including 1698 patient-years was complete. Prosthesis survival was evaluated in the patients of Padova with a 90% goodness of follow-up and included 905 patient-years.
Results: Twenty-seven operations were done in the eighties, 168 in the nineties, 52 in this century. Three operations were emergent, 20 urgent. The indication was prostheti.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9880.1000508