Prosthetic Aortic Valves

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Why the study?

What are the indications, operative risks, and long-term outcomes of reoperation in patients with previous aortic valve replacement?

Structured PICO

What are the indications, operative risks, and long-term outcomes of reoperation in patients with previous aortic valve replacement?

Population

42 patients who had undergone a previous aortic valve replacement and underwent reoperation between January 1962 and December 1976.

Intervention

Reoperation for prosthetic aortic valve complications (including aortic valve replacement, poppet change, or suture closure of perivalvular leaks).

Outcome

Operative mortality, long-term survival, and functional status (NYHA class).hard clinical

Reoperation for prosthetic aortic valves carries a reasonable operative risk and provides excellent long-term clinical improvement and survival.

No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.

Reoperation after prior AVR may carry acceptable risk with good functional recovery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Richard J. Shemin (1979) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Reoperation after prior AVR may carry acceptable risk with good functional recovery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.