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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;124:925-932
© 2002 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease (ACD)

Effect of mechanical aortic valve orientation on coronary artery flow: Comparison of tilting disc versus bileaflet prostheses in pigs

From the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery^a and the Department of Biomedical Statistics,^b Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Study funding by: Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn.

Received for publication April 16, 2002. Revisions requested April 24, 2002; revisions received April 26, 2002. Accepted for publication April 27, 2002. Address for reprints: Peter Kleine, MD, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt/Main, Germany (E-mail: P.Kleine{at}em.uni-frankfurt.de).

Objective: Orientation for optimal systolic performance of tilting disc and bileaflet aortic valves was defined in previous studies. The present study investigates the influence of valve orientation on coronary artery flow in an animal model.
Methods: A rotation device holding either a Medtronic Hall tilting disc (n = 4; Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, Minn), a St Jude Medical bileaflet (n = 4; St Jude Medical, Inc, St Paul, Minn), or a Medtronic Advantage bileaflet (n = 3) aortic valve was implanted. The device allowed rotation of the valve without reopening the aorta. Flow through the left anterior descending coronary artery was measured preoperatively and at normal versus high cardiac output after weaning from extracorporeal circulation. Measurements were performed at the best and worst hemodynamic position, as defined previously.
Results: Coronary flow rates were similar in all animals preoperatively (26 ± 4.1 mL/min). After aortic valve replacement, left anterior descending flow increased significantly to 58.2 ± 10.6 mL/min. Highest flow rates at normal cardiac output were found in the optimum orientation, especially for the Medtronic valves (Medtronic Hall, 64 ± 8.7 mL/min; Medtronic Advantage, 64.6 ± 11.6 mL/min; St Jude Medical, 48.3 ± 10.3 mL/min), whereas the worst position demonstrated significantly lower left anterior descending flow, with no differences among valves (Medtronic Hall, 37.5 ± 1.3 mL/min; St Jude Medical, 35.7 ± 10.7 mL/min; Medtronic Advantage, 39.8 ± 10 mL/min). Left anterior descending artery flow increased significantly with higher cardiac output.
Conclusions: Coronary blood flow was significantly influenced by mechanical aortic valve implantation and the orientation of prostheses. For both valve designs, the previously defined optimum orientation with respect to pressure gradients and turbulence demonstrated the highest left anterior descending flow rates. Even in its optimum orientation, the St Jude Medical valve showed significantly lower coronary flow than the other valves.

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