Prosthetic heart valve replacement in children

Heart valve replacement in children.

[Heart valve replacement in children].

Prosthetic valve replacement.

1 find it somewhat surprising that after twcnty years of valve replacement the subject is stiii a topic for discussion at major cardiac surgical meetings. This undoubt ediy reflects the status of valves today since there stili rernains no ideal vaive substitute. In fact in recent years there appears te be a general trend toward trying to preserve the patient's own natural valve by rather extens...

Aniticoagulation in patients following prosthetic heart valve replacement.

PURPOSE To identify optimum international normalized ratio (INR) levels and required warfarin doses and anticoagulation-related complications in patients following mechanical prosthetic valve replacement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five hundred and seven patients were prospectively followed up for 10 years (2008.5 patient-years). Anticoagulation-related complications were classified into hemorrhag...

Right ventricular Hemodynamic Alteration after Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Introduction:  In patients who underwent surgery to repair Tetralogy of Fallot, right ventricular dilation from pulmonary regurgitation may be result in right ventricular failure, arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. Hence, pulmonary valve replacement may be necessary to reduce right ventricular volume overload. The aim of present study was to assess the effects of pulmonary valve replacement on rig...