Jinko Zoki
Online ISSN : 1883-6097
Print ISSN : 0300-0818
ISSN-L : 0300-0818
Clinical Experience with Porcine Xenograft Mitral Valve Replacement in 275 Patients
Hideo A.Takashi I.Yasuhiko Y.Shoichi F.
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1984 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 30-33

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From Novenber, 1975 to March 1983, we implanted 275 porcine xenograft in mitral position. 123 cases were Hancock valves and 152 cases were Carpentier-Edwards valves. There were 12 hospital deaths, for a mortality of 4.4%. There were few thromboembolism (3 cases), valve dysfunction (2 cases) and infective endocarditis (one case).

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