26. A 72-MONTH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESIS AT THE MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE AND UNITED HOSPITALS, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT ; Copyright; CONTENTS; REGISTERED TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS BOOK ; CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS; DEDICATION; PREFACE; KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CARDIAC VALVULAR SURGERY, 1984-CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF CARDIAC VALVE SUBSTITUTES ; I. COMPLICATIONS OF CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENTS AND THEIR TREATMENT ; 1. FOLLOWING THE PATIENT WITH PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES ; 2. THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT ; 3. NONPROSTHETIC FACTORS PRODUCING THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC VALVE SUBSTITUTES: THEIR NATURE AND THE PROBLEMS OF ASSESSING THEIR ROLE. 4. ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY AND CARDIAC VALVULAR SURGERY: COUMADIN® AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES 5. REOPERATION AFTER CARDIAC VALVE SURGERY: ELECTIVE, URGENT AND EMERGENT ; PART I. DISCUSSION ; II. CARDIAC VALVE SUBSTITUTES: CURRENT STATUS ; 6. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE CAGED-BALL STARR-EDWARDS® PROSTHESIS ; 7. OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE BJÖRK-SHILEY® VALVE ; 8. EXPERIENCE WITH STANDARD AND SUPRA-ANNULAR CARPENTIER-EDWARDS® PORCINE BIOPROSTHESES ; 9. AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH THE IONESCU-SHILEY® BOVINE PERICARDIAL VALVE: AN 81 MONTH EXPERIENCE ; PART II. DISCUSSION. III. CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 10. ANNULOAORTIC ECTASIA: SURGICAL REPAIR USING A COMPOSITE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® VALVE AND DACRON® TUBE GRAFT ; 11. VALVE REPLACEMENT IN THE GERIATRIC PATIENT USING THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESIS ; 12. TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT-A COMPARATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFERENT VALVE SUBSTITUTES ; 13. DOUBLE VALVE REPLACEMENT ; 14. CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS ; PART III. DISCUSSION ; IV. CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® VALVE. 15. ST. JUDE MEDICAL® VALVE REPLACEMENT IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN 16. PEDIATRIC USE OF THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESIS ; 17. MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN A CHILD USING THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® VALVE ; 18. THROMBOEMBOLISM IN CHILDREN WITH ST. JUDE MEDICAL® VALVES MAINTAINED ON ASPIRIN AND PERSANTINE® ; PART IV. DISCUSSION ; 19. A 52-MONTH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® CARDIAC PROSTHESIS AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ; 20. A 57-MONTH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® CARDIAC PROSTHESIS AT HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. 21. INCIDENCE OF COMPLICATION WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESIS: A 58-MONTH STUDY AT HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER 22. MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESES: A 60-MONTH STUDY OF 350 CASES AT CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE ; 23. A 60-MONTH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESIS AT CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ; 24. A 60-MONTH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® PROSTHESIS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BRUGMANN ; 25. A 72-MONTH CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL® CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESIS AT NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER.