Clinical experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis

Table 1 Linearized Rates of Events

	OVERALL		AVR		MVR		DVR
	%/pt-yr	95% CR	%/pt-yr	95% CR	%/pt-yr	95% CR	%/pt-yr	95% CR
All Embolic Events	0.65	1.48	1.16	3.01	0.00		1.37	7.10
Non Structural Dysfunction	0.16	0.84	0.00		0.35	1.81	0.00
Bleeding	0.81	1.69	0.00		1.05	2.71	2.74	8.77
Valve Related Death	0.81	1.69	0.39	2.01	0.70	2.24	2.74	8.77

Abbreviations;
OVERALL: all patients including AVR, MVR, and DVR patients
AVR: aortic valve replacement, MVR: mitral valve replacement, DVR: both aortic and mitral valve replacement
Pt-yr: patient year, CR: confidential rate

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