Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most common procedure performed in adult
cardiovascular surgery today. In our Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine …

OBJECTIVE: In aortic valve regurgitation and aortic dilatation, preservation of the aortic
valve is possible by means of root remodeling (Yacoub procedure) or valve reimplantation …

This study was focused on a series of in vitro tests on the turbulent flow characteristics of
three bileaflet aortic valves: St. Jude Medical (SJM), CarboMedics (CM), and Edwards Tekna …

Background Although CT-studies as well as intraoperative analyses have described broad
anatomic variations of the aortic annulus, which is predominantly found non-circular …

Vascular access methods, performed by the insertion of cannulae into vessels, may disturb
the physiological flow of blood, giving rise to non-physiological pressure variations and …

Importance Aggregated data and long-term follow-up in national health data registers offer
the opportunity to compare the performance of mechanical aortic prostheses within the same …

A successful mechanical prosthetic heart valve design is the bileaflet valve, which has been
implanted for the first time more than 20 years ago. A key feature of bileaflet valves is the …

The performance of the heart after a mitral valve replacement operation greatly depends on
the flow character downstream of the valve. The design and implanting orientation of valves …

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of controlled trials comparing the merits of different heart
valve prostheses. In this prospective randomized trial we compared Starr Edwards and St …

Heart valve replacement with mechanical prosthesis is associated with mild intravascular
hemolysis. In this study we evaluated the incidence of hemolysis in patients with different …