The safety and efficacy of combined low dose aspirin and warfarin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation after mechanical heart valve replacement were evaluated. A total of 1016 patients （620 females, mean age ...The safety and efficacy of combined low dose aspirin and warfarin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation after mechanical heart valve replacement were evaluated. A total of 1016 patients （620 females, mean age of 36.8-4-7.7 years） admitted for cardiac valve replacement and complicated with atrial fibrillation after surgery were randomly divided into study （warfarin plus 75-100 mg aspirin） or control （warfarin only） groups. International normalized ratio （INR） and prothrombin time were main- tained at 1.8-2.5 and 1.5-2.0 times the normal values, respectively. Thromboembolic events and major bleedings were registered during the follow-up period. Patients were followed up for 24±9 months. The average dose of warfarin in the study and control groups was 2.91±0.83 mg and 2.88±0.76 mg, respec- tively （P〉0.05）. The incidence of overall thromboembolic events in study group was lower than that in control group （2.16% vs. 4.35%, P=0.049）. No statistically significant differences were found in hem- orrhage events （3.53% vs. 3.95%, P=-0.722） or mortality （0.20% vs. 0.40%, P=0.559） between the two groups. Combined low dose aspirin and warfarin therapy in the patients with atrial fibrillation following mechanical heart valve replacement significantly decreased thromboembolic events as compared with warfarin therapy alone. This combined treatment was not associated with an increase in the risk of major bleeding or mortality.展开更多
Objectives Use a gene suture immersed recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator （r-tPA）expression plasmid to transduce myocardia to prevent the thrombosis after mechanical tricuspid valve replacement in pigs. Me...Objectives Use a gene suture immersed recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator （r-tPA）expression plasmid to transduce myocardia to prevent the thrombosis after mechanical tricuspid valve replacement in pigs. Methods A r-tPA gene plasmid was constructed and conjugated to a novel cationic phosphonolipid and a r-tPA gene suture was made. Eighteen pigs were selected and divided into two groups at randomization. There were 9 pigs in the experimental group and 9 in the control group, all the 18 pigs＇ tricuspids were replaced with mechanical valves. The gene threads were sutured into the right ventricular walls near mechanical valves and an ultrasound was used on the surfaces of the right ventricular walls for the gene transfer in the experimental group. Coagulative function, D-dimer level of the blood and the thrombosis on the surfaces of the valves were observed. Results r-tPA gene plasmid was successfully constructed and r-tPA protein was expressed in the ventricular cells around the gene sutures. D-dimer reached its peak level （ 1.67 ±0. 79） μg · mL^-1 in 1 week after operation in two groups, but it decreased to preoperation level thereafter in control group and kept on the high level and reincreased to a new high level （ 1.89 ± 0.79 ） μg · mL^-1 until the end of the experiment in experimental group. The thromboses around the valves were found in all the control group （100%） but only 1 （ 11.11% ） case in experimental group. There were no changes in prothrombin time pre and post operation in two groups. Conclusions Using gene suture immersed r-tPA expression plasmid to transduce myocardia might be a best substitution for life long anti-coagulation therapy for the patients, who underwent operation.展开更多
Background: The use of low molecular weight heparin for early anticoagulation after mechanical aortic valve replacement is still a matter of debate even more that the early postoperative phase is associated with maxim...Background: The use of low molecular weight heparin for early anticoagulation after mechanical aortic valve replacement is still a matter of debate even more that the early postoperative phase is associated with maximum of thrombo-embolic and bleeding risks. The objective of this study is to verify the efficacy and the safety of low molecular weight heparin for the early anticoagulation after mechanical aortic valve replacement. Methods and Results: It is a prospective study conducted over 6 months and interested 40 consecutive patients (32 male and 8 female) with a mean age 53.83 ± 16.93 years (19-75 years) who underwent a mechanical aortic valve replacement and received enoxaparin as bridging therapy between continuous unfractionated heparin and fully effective vitamin K antagonist therapy. There was no in-hospital death and no in-hospital thromboembolic events. We report 2 major bleeding events (5%). Conclusion: The use of low molecular weight heparin should be an alternative to explore for early anticoagulation after valve heart surgery and the results of our study must be verified by large randomized studies before drawing any hasty conclusions.展开更多
Background Reconstructive surgery is the primary goal in pediatric patients with valve disease.However,in cases with irreparable valve lesions,valve replacement is the only option.This study aimed to retrospectively a...Background Reconstructive surgery is the primary goal in pediatric patients with valve disease.However,in cases with irreparable valve lesions,valve replacement is the only option.This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the clinical experience of heart valve prosthesis replacement in children.Methods Between January 1990 and July 2009,35 pediatric patients （16 boys,19 girls） underwent mechanical valve replacement in Shandong University Qilu Hospital.The ages ranged from 2.5 to 14 years （mean,（8.8±3.8） years） and body weight varied from 11 to 37 kg （mean,（22.1±5.2） kg）.Mechanical valve replacement was performed because of congenital heart disease in 23 patients,rheumatic disease in ten patients and infective endocarditis in two patients.St.Jude bileaflet mechanical valves were implanted in all the 35 patients including mitral valve replacement （MVR） in 18,aortic valve replacement （AVR） in 12,tricuspid valve replacement （TVR） in two,AVR and MVR in two and MVR and TVR in one.The size of the prostheses ranged between 19 and 27 mm.All patients received long-term anticoagulation treatment with sodium warfarin,aiming to maintain an international normalized ratio between 1.5 to 2.0.Follow-up was performed in all the patients with a total follow-up of 119.4 patient-years.Results The operative mortality was 8.57% （3/35）.One patient,who underwent cardiac debridement and AVR,died 2 hours after being admitted to the intensive care unit because of severe low cardiac output syndrome and ventricular fibrillation.Two patients died of cardiogenic shock and renal failure during initial hospitalization after the operation.One patient who received replacement of a tricuspid valve developed complete heart block requiring temporary pacing and recovered sinus rhythm 4 days later.Thirty-two patients survived and their cardiac function was in New York Heart Association （NYHA） class Ⅰ to class Ⅱ when discharged.Late events included hemorrhage and endocarditis.Two patients required reoperation.No late deaths occurred during the follow-up.Conclusions Mechanical valve replacement remains an acceptable treatment option in children when the valve reparation is impossible or unsuccessful.The operative mortality and incidence of any valve-related events such as endocarditis,reoperation,thromboembolism or anticoagulation-related bleeding are acceptable.展开更多
文摘The safety and efficacy of combined low dose aspirin and warfarin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation after mechanical heart valve replacement were evaluated. A total of 1016 patients （620 females, mean age of 36.8-4-7.7 years） admitted for cardiac valve replacement and complicated with atrial fibrillation after surgery were randomly divided into study （warfarin plus 75-100 mg aspirin） or control （warfarin only） groups. International normalized ratio （INR） and prothrombin time were main- tained at 1.8-2.5 and 1.5-2.0 times the normal values, respectively. Thromboembolic events and major bleedings were registered during the follow-up period. Patients were followed up for 24±9 months. The average dose of warfarin in the study and control groups was 2.91±0.83 mg and 2.88±0.76 mg, respec- tively （P〉0.05）. The incidence of overall thromboembolic events in study group was lower than that in control group （2.16% vs. 4.35%, P=0.049）. No statistically significant differences were found in hem- orrhage events （3.53% vs. 3.95%, P=-0.722） or mortality （0.20% vs. 0.40%, P=0.559） between the two groups. Combined low dose aspirin and warfarin therapy in the patients with atrial fibrillation following mechanical heart valve replacement significantly decreased thromboembolic events as compared with warfarin therapy alone. This combined treatment was not associated with an increase in the risk of major bleeding or mortality.
文摘Objectives Use a gene suture immersed recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator （r-tPA）expression plasmid to transduce myocardia to prevent the thrombosis after mechanical tricuspid valve replacement in pigs. Methods A r-tPA gene plasmid was constructed and conjugated to a novel cationic phosphonolipid and a r-tPA gene suture was made. Eighteen pigs were selected and divided into two groups at randomization. There were 9 pigs in the experimental group and 9 in the control group, all the 18 pigs＇ tricuspids were replaced with mechanical valves. The gene threads were sutured into the right ventricular walls near mechanical valves and an ultrasound was used on the surfaces of the right ventricular walls for the gene transfer in the experimental group. Coagulative function, D-dimer level of the blood and the thrombosis on the surfaces of the valves were observed. Results r-tPA gene plasmid was successfully constructed and r-tPA protein was expressed in the ventricular cells around the gene sutures. D-dimer reached its peak level （ 1.67 ±0. 79） μg · mL^-1 in 1 week after operation in two groups, but it decreased to preoperation level thereafter in control group and kept on the high level and reincreased to a new high level （ 1.89 ± 0.79 ） μg · mL^-1 until the end of the experiment in experimental group. The thromboses around the valves were found in all the control group （100%） but only 1 （ 11.11% ） case in experimental group. There were no changes in prothrombin time pre and post operation in two groups. Conclusions Using gene suture immersed r-tPA expression plasmid to transduce myocardia might be a best substitution for life long anti-coagulation therapy for the patients, who underwent operation.
文摘Background: The use of low molecular weight heparin for early anticoagulation after mechanical aortic valve replacement is still a matter of debate even more that the early postoperative phase is associated with maximum of thrombo-embolic and bleeding risks. The objective of this study is to verify the efficacy and the safety of low molecular weight heparin for the early anticoagulation after mechanical aortic valve replacement. Methods and Results: It is a prospective study conducted over 6 months and interested 40 consecutive patients (32 male and 8 female) with a mean age 53.83 ± 16.93 years (19-75 years) who underwent a mechanical aortic valve replacement and received enoxaparin as bridging therapy between continuous unfractionated heparin and fully effective vitamin K antagonist therapy. There was no in-hospital death and no in-hospital thromboembolic events. We report 2 major bleeding events (5%). Conclusion: The use of low molecular weight heparin should be an alternative to explore for early anticoagulation after valve heart surgery and the results of our study must be verified by large randomized studies before drawing any hasty conclusions.
文摘Background Reconstructive surgery is the primary goal in pediatric patients with valve disease.However,in cases with irreparable valve lesions,valve replacement is the only option.This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the clinical experience of heart valve prosthesis replacement in children.Methods Between January 1990 and July 2009,35 pediatric patients （16 boys,19 girls） underwent mechanical valve replacement in Shandong University Qilu Hospital.The ages ranged from 2.5 to 14 years （mean,（8.8±3.8） years） and body weight varied from 11 to 37 kg （mean,（22.1±5.2） kg）.Mechanical valve replacement was performed because of congenital heart disease in 23 patients,rheumatic disease in ten patients and infective endocarditis in two patients.St.Jude bileaflet mechanical valves were implanted in all the 35 patients including mitral valve replacement （MVR） in 18,aortic valve replacement （AVR） in 12,tricuspid valve replacement （TVR） in two,AVR and MVR in two and MVR and TVR in one.The size of the prostheses ranged between 19 and 27 mm.All patients received long-term anticoagulation treatment with sodium warfarin,aiming to maintain an international normalized ratio between 1.5 to 2.0.Follow-up was performed in all the patients with a total follow-up of 119.4 patient-years.Results The operative mortality was 8.57% （3/35）.One patient,who underwent cardiac debridement and AVR,died 2 hours after being admitted to the intensive care unit because of severe low cardiac output syndrome and ventricular fibrillation.Two patients died of cardiogenic shock and renal failure during initial hospitalization after the operation.One patient who received replacement of a tricuspid valve developed complete heart block requiring temporary pacing and recovered sinus rhythm 4 days later.Thirty-two patients survived and their cardiac function was in New York Heart Association （NYHA） class Ⅰ to class Ⅱ when discharged.Late events included hemorrhage and endocarditis.Two patients required reoperation.No late deaths occurred during the follow-up.Conclusions Mechanical valve replacement remains an acceptable treatment option in children when the valve reparation is impossible or unsuccessful.The operative mortality and incidence of any valve-related events such as endocarditis,reoperation,thromboembolism or anticoagulation-related bleeding are acceptable.
