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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 39, 456-461, Copyright © 1985 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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In vivo hemodynamics of prosthetic St. Jude Medical and Ionescu-Shiley heart valves analyzed by computer

Y Kawachi, K Tokunaga, Y Watanabe, Y Nose and M Nakamura

Using a method of our own design, we evaluated intraoperatively the function of prosthetic heart valves. The changing hemodynamics induced by a stress test were assessed by simultaneously measuring the mean transvalvular pressure gradient and the stroke volume. The effective orifice area (EOA) of the valves was determined for each stroke by computer analysis, and this value was compared with the actual orifice area. Data were collected from 19 patients undergoing aortic or mitral valve replacement or both with 17 St. Jude Medical and 12 Ionescu- Shiley valves. The mean pressure gradient increased with tachycardia and an increase in mean left atrial pressure in the mitral position, but decreased with a decrease in cardiac output and peak left ventricular pressure in the aortic position. The St. Jude Medical valve had a smaller mean pressure gradient than the Ionescu-Shiley bioprosthesis. For both valves, the EOA increased with valve size. The St. Jude Medical valve had a greater EOA than the Ionescu-Shiley bioprosthesis, regardless of the valve size (p less than 0.005). However, the performance of prosthetic leaflets was better with the Ionescu-Shiley bioprosthesis than with the St. Jude Medical mechanical valve (p less than 0.001). This method involving computer analysis of each cardiac cycle proved to be useful for evaluating prosthetic heart valve function in the presence of changing hemodynamics.

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