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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 1182-1185, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Clinical and hemodynamic evaluation of the 19-mm Carpentier-Edwards supraannular aortic valve

P Kallis, JF Sneddon, IA Simpson, A Fung, JR Pepper and EE Smith
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London, England.

The clinical and hemodynamic performance of the 19-mm Carpentier- Edwards supraannular aortic valve is largely unknown compared with that of the larger valves. Over 4 years we implanted the 19-mm Carpentier- Edwards supraannular aortic valve into 21 patients (20 female) with a mean age of 75 +/- 1.2 years (range, 59 to 86 years) and a mean body surface area of 1.6 +/- 0.03 m2 (range, 1.3 to 1.7 m2). There were four deaths, one operative and three late noncardiac deaths. Follow-up of the 17 survivors for a mean of 20 +/- 3.1 months (range, 2 to 42 months) demonstrated symptomatic improvement in all 17 (all are now in New York Heart Association functional class I or II). There were no valve-related complications and no patient required long-term anticoagulation. Doppler echocardiographic studies were used to assess the in vivo hemodynamic profile of the valve. Mean postoperative aortic valve gradient was 34.1 +/- 2.7 mm Hg (range, 19 to 52 mm Hg). Functional valve orifice area was 1.1 +/- 0.09 cm2 (range, 0.6 to 1.8 cm2). Mean cardiac output was 3.92 +/- 0.17 L/min (range, 3.2 to 5.1 L/min) with a mean cardiac index of 2.5 +/- 0.11 L.min-1 x m-2 (range, 2.1 to 3.2 L.min-1 x m-2). In conclusion, we have demonstrated that aortic valve replacement with the 19-mm Carpentier-Edwards supraannular aortic valve has a low operative mortality and offers major clinical benefits despite moderate transprosthetic gradients. This approach provides an alternative management strategy in elderly patients who would otherwise require low-profile mechanical valves or aortic root enlargement.

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