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Comparative results with the St. Jude Medical and Medtronic Hall mechanical valves. 1995

R G Masters, and A L Pipe, and V M Walley, and W J Keon
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

This study compared the clinical performance of the St. Jude Medical and Medtronic Hall mechanical valves in isolated aortic or mitral valve replacement. From 1984 to 1993, 349 St. Jude Medical valves (aortic 237, mitral 112) and 465 Medtronic Hall valves (aortic 272, mitral 193) were implanted in 814 patients at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The patients had similar preoperative characteristics. The hospital mortality rate for aortic valve replacement was 3.4% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 5.8% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.26) and the rate for mitral valve replacement was 8.9% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 11.9% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.54). Actuarial estimates of survival and freedom from complications were calculated. At 5 years the actuarial probability of survival (including hospital deaths) for aortic valve replacement was 86% +/- 3% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 68% +/- 4% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.0001) and for mitral valve replacement was 75% +/- 7% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 70% +/- 4% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.54). The most common cause of late death was cardiac failure and no deaths were caused by structural failure. The 5-year probability of freedom from bleeding after aortic valve replacement was 99% +/- 1% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 95% +/- 2% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.06) and after mitral valve replacement 99% +/- 1% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 97% +/- 2% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.37). The 5-year probability of freedom from thromboembolism after aortic valve replacement was 88% +/- 4% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 81% +/- 3% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.08) and after mitral valve replacement was 85% +/- 7% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 77% +/- 5% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.17). Reoperation was uncommon and there were no cases of structural valve failure. The 5-year actuarial estimate of freedom from reoperation therefore for aortic valve replacement was 99% +/- 1% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 96% +/- 2% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.09) and for mitral valve replacement was 98% +/- 2% with the St. Jude Medical valve and 95% +/- 3% with the Medtronic Hall valve (p = 0.40).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008943 Mitral Valve The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart. Bicuspid Valve,Bicuspid Valves,Mitral Valves,Valve, Bicuspid,Valve, Mitral,Valves, Bicuspid,Valves, Mitral
D011336 Probability The study of chance processes or the relative frequency characterizing a chance process. Probabilities
D011475 Prosthesis Failure Malfunction of implantation shunts, valves, etc., and prosthesis loosening, migration, and breaking. Prosthesis Loosening,Prosthesis Durability,Prosthesis Migration,Prosthesis Survival,Durabilities, Prosthesis,Durability, Prosthesis,Failure, Prosthesis,Failures, Prosthesis,Loosening, Prosthesis,Loosenings, Prosthesis,Migration, Prosthesis,Migrations, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Durabilities,Prosthesis Failures,Prosthesis Loosenings,Prosthesis Migrations,Prosthesis Survivals,Survival, Prosthesis,Survivals, Prosthesis
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006350 Heart Valve Prosthesis A device that substitutes for a heart valve. It may be composed of biological material (BIOPROSTHESIS) and/or synthetic material. Prosthesis, Heart Valve,Cardiac Valve Prosthesis,Cardiac Valve Prostheses,Heart Valve Prostheses,Prostheses, Cardiac Valve,Prostheses, Heart Valve,Prosthesis, Cardiac Valve,Valve Prostheses, Cardiac,Valve Prostheses, Heart,Valve Prosthesis, Cardiac,Valve Prosthesis, Heart
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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