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Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:155-162
© 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons


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Carpentier-Edwards Standard Porcine Bioprosthesis: Primary Tissue Failure (Structural Valve Deterioration) by Age Groups

W.R.E. Jamieson, M.D.*, L.J. Rosado, M.D., A.I. Munro, M.D., A.N. Gerein, M.D., L.H. Burr, M.D., R.T. Miyagishima, M.D., M.T. Janusz, M.D., G.F.O. Tyers, M.D.

From Vancouver General Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

* Address reprint request to Dr. Jamieson, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of British Columbia, 910 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4E3.

Primary tissue failure (structural valve deterioration) has been documented as the most prominent complication of porcine bioprostheses. The influence of age on primary tissue failure has received limited consideration. From 1975 to 1986, 1,301 Carpentier-Edwards standard porcine bioprostheses were implanted in 1,183 patients in 1,201 operations. Of the total number of prostheses, 97.7% were implanted prior to 1983. The mean follow-up was 5.6 years and was 97.5% complete. Primary tissue failure was identified in 96 patients (98 operations) at reoperation (95) or autopsy (3). One hundred four (104) prostheses were involved. Thirty-one failed after aortic valve replacement (AVR), 49 after mitral valve replacement (MVR), and 24 after multiple-valve replacement (18 patients). There were 47 male and 49 female patients. The mean age at implantation was 47 years (range, 8 to 72 years). The mean implantation time was 74.0 months. The freedom from primary tissue failure at 10 years is 77.0 ± 2.9% overall; for AVR, 83.1 ± 3.7%; for MVR, 72.1 ± 4.9%; and for multiple-valve replacement, 65.5 ± 7.8%. The freedom from deterioration for patients less than 20 years of age is significantly less than that for other age groups. The freedom from deterioration increased by decades; the greatest freedom was noted in patients 70 to 80 years old and 80 years old or older. The freedom from deterioration at 10 years for patients less than 30 years of age is 26.8 ± 17.2%; 30 to 59 years, 77.4 ± 3.0%; and 60 years and older, 83.1 ± 4.2%. The aortic valve prosthesis performed superiorly in the younger and older age groups while in the intermediate group there was no difference in the performance of aortic and mitral valve prostheses.




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