Open AccessTwenty-Five–Year Experience With the Medtronic-Hall Valve Prosthesis in the Aortic Position
Author(s) -
Jan Svennevig,
Michel Abdelnoor,
S NitterHauge
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.677773
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , concomitant , surgery , aortic valve , prosthesis , retrospective cohort study , aortic valve replacement , pannus , thrombosis , cohort , cardiology , stenosis , rheumatoid arthritis
The Medtronic-Hall valve was developed and for the first time implanted in Oslo, Norway, in 1977. A total of 1104 patients received this valve at Rikshospitalet from 1977 to 1987. In the present study, we followed up on all 816 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement over a 25-year period.
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