Objective To compare the outcomes of mechanical prosthetic versus bioprosthetic replacement of tricuspid valve. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 344 patients underwent tricuspid valve replacement(TVR) in Guangdong General Hospital between January 2000 and December 2010. There were 227 female and 117 male patients with their age of 8-74(42.0±13.3) years. We allocated the patients into two groups: 168 patients(48.8%) at age of 37.0±11.6 years underwent mechanical tricuspid valve replac...
1.Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute,Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences,GuangdongGeneral Hospital,Guangzhou 510100,P.R.China;2.Department of Cardiology,the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Univers