{"id":4028,"date":"2011-03-05T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2018-08-30T17:22:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T22:22:55","slug":"mosaic-heart-valve-replacment-porcine-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2011\/03\/05\/mosaic-heart-valve-replacment-porcine-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosaic Porcine Heart Valve Replacement Still Tickin’ 12 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you missed it, some interesting data was just released about the Mosaic porcine heart valve replacement. According to a report in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the Mosaic bioprosthetic valve — which has been implanted in patients for the past 12 years — continues to demonstrate positive performance.<\/p>\n

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As you may know, artificial heart valves are designed to replace diseased heart valves \u2014 typically the aortic or mitral valve — which suffer from conditions including stenosis (narrowing heart valve)<\/a> and regurgitation (leaking heart valves)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Biological heart valve replacements are made from cow (bovine) tissue<\/a>, pig (porcine) tissue<\/a> or horse (equine) tissue<\/a>. While less durable than mechanical heart valve replacements, biological heart valve replacements do not require the patient to take anticoagulants (Coumadin) for the balance of their lives.<\/p>\n

The Mosaic heart valve replacement, which received FDA approval in 2000, is made from pig tissue and was designed to protect against post-operative issues including (i) valve calcification and (i) structural degeneration.<\/p>\n

As for the methodology of this report which evaluated the Mosaic’s performance:<\/p>\n