Exposure of the aortic valve revealed verrucose thickening of the ... Following excision of the leaflets, a 21 mm St. Jude mechanical heart valve was implanted. The patient was weaned off bypass on ...

more commonly used valve in our institute, namely, the St Jude Medical Regent aortic mechanical prosthetic valve. This is ‘real life’ data from ‘all comers’ in our institute rather than selected group ...

Compared to a native aortic valve, the rigid material of MHVs create ... The design of bileaflet MHVs has been stagnant, with one of the most popular models, the St. Jude Medical (SJM) Regent valve ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic ...

Conclusions— Severe P-PtM is an independent predictor of higher long-term mortality and congestive heart failure in patients with small St Jude Medical aortic valve prostheses. For patients undergoing ...

St Jude Medical X-Cell, and Carpentier-Edwards Perimount valves. This work was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP 57745), Ottawa, Canada. Dr Pibarot is the ...

Bileaflet mechanical aortic valves are commonly recommended for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with a longer life expectancy [age ≤50 (1) or 60 years (2)] due to their long-lasting ...

If you’re born with a two-leaflet aortic valve, you will need to make heart-healthy choices and work with your healthcare team to reduce complications and respond quickly if symptoms develop.

Abbott’s Trifecta devices are intended to treat damaged or malfunctioning aortic heart valves. St. Jude Medical won approval for the first-generation Trifecta device in 2011 and launched its follow-up ...