Key result
Autologous fascia lata transplantation for heart valve replacement resulted in hospital and late mortality comparable to other heart valve replacement procedures.
Why the study?
Does autologous fascia lata transplantation provide suitable clinical outcomes in patients requiring heart valve replacement?
Observational (n=201)
No
Does autologous fascia lata transplantation provide suitable clinical outcomes in patients requiring heart valve replacement?
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Early retrospective experience with autologous fascia lata valves showed comparable hospital and late mortality to other valve replacement procedures.
Between April 1969 and December 1970, 201 patients underwent 262 valve replacements with frame-mounted autologous fascia lata valves in the aortic, mitral, and/or tricuspid positions at the National Heart Hospital. A single fascia lata valve was inserted in 146 patients and multi-valve replacement was performed in 55 instances. Hospital and late mortality are comparable with that following other procedures of heart valve replacement. One hundred and fifty-four patients with 193 fascia lata valves were available for follow-up. A retrospective analysis of this method of valve replacement has been undertaken to assess the suitability of fascia lata as a heart valve substitute as well as the clinical results achieved by this method of valve replacement.
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Dalichau et al. (1972) conducted an observational in Heart valve disease requiring replacement (n=201). Frame-mounted autologous fascia lata valves vs. Other procedures of heart valve replacement was evaluated on Hospital and late mortality. Autologous fascia lata transplantation for heart valve replacement resulted in hospital and late mortality comparable to other heart valve replacement procedures.
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