作者: Arjuna Weerasinghe , Maria-Benedicta Edwards , Kenneth M. Taylor
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摘要: Background—The United Kingdom Heart Valve Registry (UKHVR) has recently completed collecting information on 52 659 heart valve replacements (in 47 718 patients) performed during the period 1986 to 1995 in whole of Kingdom. Information stored UKHVR’s computer database was used for this study. Factors affecting time from first prosthesis redo were analyzed and provided useful predictive information. The association between prosthesis-induced local pathological processes size investigated. Methods Results—This is a retrospective study 43 301 patients (from among database) undergoing single-site replacement diseased native mitral or aortic over 10-year January December Of these patients, 1051 (2.43%) went have replacement. survival analysis (Cox regression Kaplan-Meier curves) natural progression the...