Impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on exercise capacity in patients after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement.

Title:: Impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on exercise capacity in patients after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement.
Document type:: Journal Article
Author(s):: Bleiziffer, S; Eichinger, WB; Hettich, I; Ruzicka, D; Wottke, M; Bauernschmitt, R; Lange, R
Abstract:: OBJECTIVE: It is presumed that patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) influences morbidity and mortality after aortic valve replacement (AVR). The aim of our study was to determine the impact of PPM on physical capacity. METHODS: Six months after AVR with a bioprosthesis, stress echocardiography was performed on a bicycle ergometer in 312 patients. Depending on gender, age and weight, the target exercise level for every patient was determined by a reference table. Maximum achieved workload is given as percentage of the predicted exercise capacity (PPEC). PPM was defined as an effective orifice area index
Journal title abbreviation:: Heart
Year:: 2008
Journal volume:: 94
Journal issue:: 5
Pages contribution:: 637-41
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.116673
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17686803
Print-ISSN:: 1355-6037
TUM Institution:: Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Lange)
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