[HSF] ATS valve

[Donald Ross]

Prasanna,
I have used this valve for many years and have had no nightmares.
I changed from St Jude because of, what seemed to me to be a better,  
more logical hinge, together with the low TE rates even with low  
intensity warfarin therapy.
My patients aim for an  INR of 2 in combination with ASA.
Don
On 19/06/2007, at 1:08 AM, prasannasimha wrote:

> We implanted our units first ATS valve last week.(The so called  
> advanced performance valve) Seemed OK and patient had low gradients  
> etc (AVR) Can members who ave implanted it tell me about their  
> experiences especially the good the bad and the ugly (More  
> interested in the last two).
> One thing I noted when we were implanting the valve was that we had  
> sized it to a 24 AP (actually 26 sizer went in but 24 was the  
> largest size supplied) and it did take a bit of effort to get it in  
> (though once in it fit well). I was a bit worried at that time that  
> it may have been "oversized" wrt to the sizer.
> Is there any 'preferred " position in literature wrt bilealfet  
> valves in the aortic position. (I am aware of the position wrt  
> monoleaflet valves but could not really get any data for bileaflet  
> valves).
> Prasanna
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