Mitral valve replacement with the St Mitral valve replacement with the St. Jude medical prosthesis: a 15-year follow-up Jean-Paul Remadi, MD, Philippe Bizouarn, MD, Olivier Baron, MD, Oussama Al Habash, MD, Phillipe Despins, MD, Jean-Luc Michaud, MD, Daniel Duveau, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 3, Pages 762-767 (September 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00467-6
Fig 1 New York Heart Association class improvement (dark bars = postoperative; light bars = preoperative). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 762-767DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00467-6)
Fig 2 Actuarial curves of deaths for the entire group (n = 870) (including operative deaths). (VRD = valve-related deaths). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 762-767DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00467-6)
Fig 3 Actuarial curves of deaths for two subgroups (including operative deaths). (AVR-MVR = aortic valve replacement; iMVR = isolated mitral valve replacement; VRD = valve-related deaths.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 762-767DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00467-6)
Fig 4 Actuarial curves of freedom from major events. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 762-767DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00467-6)