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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 7, 514-519, Copyright © 1993 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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The value of the stentless biovalve prosthesis. An experimental study

MG Hazekamp, YA Goffin and HA Huysmans
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Clinical use of the stentless bioprosthesis has not yet been accepted world-wide. Experimental studies are scarce. In a study in growing pigs, 23 aortic valve replacements were performed (7 stented bioprostheses (STB), 10 stentless bioprostheses (SLB) and 6 cryopreserved homografts (CAH)). Valves were studied macroscopically and microscopically after explantation. Five animals died between 1.5 and 4 months after implantation. Two STBs showed extreme calcific degeneration. A third STB animal died suddenly: this STB showed only minimal leaflet calcification. One SLB was stenosed with a large fibrin deposit in one cusp, a second SLB showed slight cusp calcification and three were paracommissural tears in one cusp. In all other animals the valves were explanted after 5 to 6.5 months. All STBs showed severe calcific degeneration. Five SLBs showed mild calcific degeneration, while three others were unaltered after 6 months. All CAHs were free of calcific degeneration, three were perfect, two had a tear in a commisure and another was prolapsed with a fibrin degeneration. The speed and extent of valve degeneration were less than in the STB group. The stentless design is an important contribution which may result in a higher durability of bioprosthetic valves.

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