Why the study?
Does mitral valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards prosthesis improve symptoms and pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with serious mitral valve disease?
Population
16 patients with serious mitral valve disease, presenting with a high incidence of severe dyspnoea and…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 to 3 years
Authors
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Pulmonary hypertension may not contraindicate mitral replacement; leaves open need for prospective trials.
Does mitral valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards prosthesis improve symptoms and pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with serious mitral valve disease?
Mitral valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards prosthesis provides considerable clinical improvement and reduces pulmonary vascular resistance in severely disabled patients, indicating that pulmonary hypertension is not a contraindication to surgery.
Hamer et al. (1968) studied this question.
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