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6727406

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
We have used the St. Jude Medical cardiac valve prosthesis without postoperative anticoagulation in 34 children undergoing valve replacement since March, 1979. The 19 boys and 15 girls ranged in age from 9 months to 21 years. The valve replaced was mitral in 12 patients, aortic in 14, pulmonary in three, and both mitral and aortic in two. One patient had implantation of a St. Jude Medical valve in a pulmonary conduit, and a left-sided tricuspid valve was replaced in two children. There were three operative deaths, all in infants with complex disease. One patient died suddenly at home 5 weeks after valve replacement, probably of ventricular arrhythmia. During follow-up of 1 to 50 months, comprising 646 patient months, no thromboembolic complications have been observed. Although use of the St. Jude Medical prosthesis without anticoagulation is still investigational, our preliminary data suggest that the risk of thromboembolism in unanticoagulated children with this valve is not greater than that in anticoagulated adults. The results justify continuing investigation of the St. Jude Medical prosthesis in children without postoperative anticoagulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-5223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
832-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Cardiac valve prostheses in children without anticoagulation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article