Key result
Currently available tissue valves were graded for use in the small aortic root based on durability, design, effective orifice area, and implantation techniques.
Why the study?
What is the best bioprosthetic valve option for patients with a small aortic root?
What is the best bioprosthetic valve option for patients with a small aortic root?
This review provides a grading of available tissue valves for use in the small aortic root based on durability and design.
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May guide bioprosthetic choice in small aortic roots; leaves open prospective validation of graded options.
Durability is assessed with regard to valve position, patient age, and the techniques of graft preparation for each of the tissue valves. Design affects both durability and the effective orifice area. It is assessed for each of the available devices, with particular emphasis on the stentless porcine valve. The effect that differences between this glutaraldehyde fixed device and the allograft valve may have on techniques of implantation is analyzed. On the basis of this information, an attempt is made to grade the currently available tissue valves with a satisfactory intermediate-term performance for use in the small aortic root.
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Barratt‐Boyes et al. (1994) conducted a review in Small aortic root requiring bioprosthetic operation. Bioprosthetic valves (allograft, autograft, porcine, pericardial, stented, unstented) was evaluated on Durability and effective orifice area. Currently available tissue valves were graded for use in the small aortic root based on durability, design, effective orifice area, and implantation techniques.
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