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REVIEW CARDIAC SECTION
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 December;58(6):916-30
DOI: 10.23736/S0021-9509.17.09920-7
Copyright © 2017 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Patterns of use and durability for the Mitroflow aortic valve: a systematic review of the literature
Theodor FISCHLEIN 1, Steffen PFEIFFER 1, Vincenzo BAGNARDI 2, Giuseppe SANTARPINO 1 ✉
1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; 2 Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate durability of Mitroflow and patterns of use compared with other aortic valves through a systematic review of the literature.
EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: A total of 52 papers that included 33,630 patients met eligibility requirements that allowed summary statistical information to be determined regarding structural valve degeneration risk.
EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: Mitroflow has been disporportionately implanted in patients to be at higher risk for structural valve degeneration.
CONCLUSIONS: Since Mitroflow valves were implanted more often in these high-risk patients, it was impossible to distinguish the effects of valve size or gender from valve type on structural valve degeneration risk.
KEY WORDS: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement - Bioprosthesis - Meta-analysis