Outcome After Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement in Children and Young Adults Raoul Arnold, MD, Julia Ley-Zaporozhan, MD, Sebastian Ley, MD, Tsvetomir Loukanov, MD, Christian Sebening, MD, Johann-Baptist Kleber, cand.med., Björn Goebel, MD, Siegfried Hagl, MD, Matthias Karck, MD, Matthias Gorenflo, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 2, Pages 604-610 (February 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.035 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Size of implanted St. Jude Medical (SJM) prostheses and age at aortic valve replacement (AVR). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 604-610DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.035) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Follow-up period with respect to implanted sizes of prostheses. (AVR = aortic valve replacement; SJM = St. Jude Medical.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 604-610DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.035) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Size of implanted prostheses versus mean systolic gradient at follow-up, determined by continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography (cw-Doppler). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 604-610DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.035) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Left ventricular dilatation in a patient with aortic regurgitation (A) on angiography and normalization of left ventricular size in the same patient after aortic valve replacement as demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging (B). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 604-610DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.035) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions