Durability of pericardial versus porcine bioprosthetic heart valves Gary L. Grunkemeier, PhD, Anthony P. Furnary, MD, YingXing Wu, MD, MS, Lian Wang, MS, Albert Starr, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 144, Issue 6, Pages 1381-1386 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.060 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Scatter plot of patient age during implant year, with local regression (LOESS; locally weighted scatterplot smoothing) nonparametric regression curves fit to the individual points. AVR, Aortic valve replacement; MVR, mitral valve replacement. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1381-1386DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.060) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Cumulative incidence function estimates of explant for any reason in operative survivors. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1381-1386DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.060) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Cumulative incidence function estimates of explant for structural valve deterioration (SVD) in operative survivors. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1381-1386DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.060) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimate of explantation, superimposed on the distribution of multiple valve states over time for the porcine and pericardial aortic valve replacement series combined. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 144, 1381-1386DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.060) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions