Ten-year echocardiographic and clinical follow-up of aortic Carpentier-Edwards pericardial and supraannular prosthesis: a case-match study Thierry Le Tourneau, MD, André Vincentelli, MD, Georges Fayad, MD, Christine Savoye, MD, Olivier H Fabre, MD, Alain Prat, MD, Henri Warembourg, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 74, Issue 6, Pages 2010-2015 (December 2002) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04032-8
Fig 1 Actuarial survival in 150 patients who underwent aortic valve replacement with either a supraannular porcine or pericardial Carpentier-Edwards (CE) valve.p= not significant (NS) between the two groups. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 74, 2010-2015DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04032-8)
Fig 2 Actuarial slope of freedom from structural valve dysfunction or reoperation in the supraannular and pericardial groups.p< 0.05 between the two groups. (CE= Carpentier-Edwards.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 74, 2010-2015DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04032-8)