Oct 2, 2013 · The Masters Series Mechanical Heart Valve is intended for use as a replacement valve in patients with a diseased, damaged, or malfunctioning aortic or mitral heart valve.

There is a history of rheumatic fever in her childhood and mechanical mitral and aortic valve replacement at the age of 37 and 53, respectively (St Jude Medical prostheses).

A multicenter, retrospective cohort study was performed among patients who underwent mitral valve replacement with a 15-mm St Jude Medical Masters prosthesis at 4 congenital cardiac centers in …

Methods: From January 1979 to December 1989, 870 patients (54% women, 46% men; mean age, 55.8 +/- 6.2 years) underwent mitral valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical prosthesis. Of these …

A 58-year-old male patient with degenerated St. Jude Epic mitral bioprosthesis underwent successful mitral valve replacement using 29 mm St. Jude Medical mechanical prosthesis.

Distribution of valve types implanted for patients having aortic or mitral valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical cardiac valve prosthesis over 25 years.

From April 1, 1979 to August 31, 1983, 228 patients underwent isolated aortic (AVR) (118) or mitral (MVR) (90) valve replacements with a new tilting disc valve prosthesis, the St. Jude prosthesis, at …

The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery. At 14 months follow-up, he is in New York Heart Association func-tional class I with left ventricular ejection fraction 0.60, nor-mal aortic and mitral …

Jun 1, 2001 · Synopsis: Long-term results with the St. Jude valve for isolated mitral valve disease confirm excellent biocompatibility and durability, but these results demonstrate the difficulty of long …

St Jude Medical cardiac valve replacement was performed in 791 patients: 335 had aortic, 330 mitral, and 126 had multiple valve replacements. Follow-up extended from 4 to 64 months (mean 34 …