Younger age and valve oversizing are predictors of structural valve deterioration after pulmonary valve replacement in patients with tetralogy of Fallot Peter C. Chen, MD, Maggie S. Sager, BA, David Zurakowski, PhD, Frank A. Pigula, MD, Christopher W. Baird, MD, John E. Mayer, MD, Pedro J. del Nido, MD, Sitaram M. Emani, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 143, Issue 2, Pages 352-360 (February 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.079 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Freedom from reintervention and structural valve deterioration (SVD). PVR, Pulmonary valve replacement. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 352-360DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.079) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Effect of age on freedom from structural valve deterioration. PV, Pulmonary valve; PVR, pulmonary valve replacement. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 352-360DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.079) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Logistic regression curve predicting the probability of structural valve deterioration (SVD) according to indexed valve internal diameter in younger patients. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 352-360DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.079) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions