[HSF] ATS valve

[Nasser F. Abou'Seada]

Dear Hal
aren't all mechanical valves rotating within their houses ?

NFA


On 6/18/07, hgrmd at aol.com <hgrmd at aol.com> wrote:
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>
> Prasanna,
>
> I've been using ATS mechanicals for about the last 3 years. No problems so
> far. The thing I like about it is the ability to reliably rotate it. In
> addition, I've had no problems with leaflet impingement which was a problem
> with the St. Jude Regent. For small calcified mitral annuli, they have an AP
> valve that sits on top of the valve orifice. This is a life saver if you are
> faced with an orifice smaller than 25 mm.
>
>
>
> Hal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prasannasimha <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com <OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com>
> Sent: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:08 am
> Subject: [HSF] ATS valve
>
>
>
> 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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Nasser  F.  Abou'Seada,
MB,ChB,MD,FRCSEd,ChM,ChD C/Th,
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