[斯塔尔-爱德华兹心脏瓣膜：至今仍在使用的最古老的机械心脏瓣膜之一]

[The Starr-Edwards heart valve: one of the oldest mechanical heart valves still functioning today].

作者信息

Schoenaker Michiel H, van Wetten Herbert B, Morshuis Wim J

机构信息

Radboudumc, afd. Cardio-thoracale Chirurgie, Nijmegen.

出版信息

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2015;160:D217.

PMID:27007936

Abstract

In the 1960s, the Starr-Edwards valve was the first artificial heart valve to be successfully implanted in humans. This valve has now been in use for decades with outstanding results: patients whose life expectancy had previously been short acquired a good prognosis with this development. Nowadays the Starr-Edwards valve is not used anymore, but patients are being described today in whom these valves are still functioning well after more than 40 years.

摘要

20世纪60年代，斯塔尔-爱德华兹瓣膜是首个成功植入人体的人工心脏瓣膜。这种瓣膜现已使用了数十年，效果显著：以前预期寿命较短的患者因这一进展获得了良好的预后。如今斯塔尔-爱德华兹瓣膜已不再使用，但如今仍有患者的这些瓣膜在40多年后仍功能良好。