Small “Functional” Size after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement: No Risk in Young to Middle-Age Patients Alfonso Penta de Peppo, MD, Jacob Zeitani, MD, Paolo Nardi, MD, Giuseppe Iaci, MD, Patrizio Polisca, MD, Ruggero De Paulis, MD, Luigi Chiariello, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 79, Issue 6, Pages 1915-1920 (June 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.001 Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier freedom from cardiac death for patients with effective orifice area (EOA) indices ≥ 0.85 cm2/m2 and < 0.85 cm2/m2. (EOAi = effective orifice area index.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 1915-1920DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.001) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions