Hancock II Bioprosthesis for Aortic Valve Replacement: The Gold Standard of Bioprosthetic Valves Durability? Tirone E. David, MD, Susan Armstrong, MS, Manjula Maganti, MS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 775-781 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.034 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival after aortic valve replacement with the Hancock II bioprosthesis according to age < 60 years (triangles), age 60 to 70 years (circles), and age > 70 years (squares). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 775-781DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.034) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Freedom from structural valve deterioration is shown for (A) all patients (dotted lines on either side of solid line represent upper and lower 95% confidence intervals) and (B) according to age group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 775-781DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.034) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Freedom from reoperation due to structural valve deterioration is shown for (A) all patients (dotted lines on either side of solid line represent upper and lower 95% confidence interval) and (B) according to age group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 775-781DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.034) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions