Homograft 14 Years Old

[bill hall]

My aortic valve was replaced and mitral valve repaired on Jan 12, 2001 at Cleveland Clinic. Very happy, since I thought the tissue valves lasted 15 years. When I had surgery in 2011 for pseudo aneurysm, I wanted them to replace the aortic valve. The surgeon did not replace the aortic valve since he said it was in very good condition, like new. So. my updated plan is that I never replace the aortic valve. As always, thanks to the donor who gave me their valve. And thanks always to the people at valve replacement who helped me through both surgeries.

Bill

 

[pellicle]

Hey Bill

glad to hear a good outcome

I got nearly 20 out of my homograft, and so I reckon with reasonable diet and care of fitness and health that (depending on your age bracket at operation) you could get 20 too.

I was part of this cohort:

Freedom from reoperation from all causes was 50% at 20 years and was independent of valve preservation. Freedom from reoperation for structural deterioration was very patient age-dependent. For all cryopreserved valves, at 15 years, the freedom was 47% (0-20-year-old patients at operation), 85% (21-40 years), 81% (41-60 years) and 94% (>60 years). Root replacement versus subcoronary implantation reduced the technical causes for reoperation and re-replacement (p = 0.0098).

I was in the 21 - 40 age set which seemed one of the best groups

best wishes