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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Oct 7;98(6):2061–2067. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.062

Table 2.

Selected Literature Review of Medtronic Freestyle Bioprosthesis Implantation

Study (First Author) Study Years MFB Implantsa Aneurysm/Pseudoaneurysm
DUMC Study 2007–2013 86 4
Mazzola [14] 2001–2010 77 0
David [10] NR 298 2
Nairb [8] 2003–2009 279 2
Butanyb [7] 2003–2005 430 2
Smith [15] 2005–2009 18 0
LeMaire [16] 2001–2007 47 0
Bach [5] 1997–2004 178 1
Ozaki [6] 1999–2002 61 2
El-Hamamsy [17] 1997–2005 86 0
Mizuno [9] 2008 Case report 1
a

Patients who died perioperatively and were thus not at risk for aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm formation were excluded.

b

Indicates studies not included in incidence calculation due to overlapping patient cohorts.

DUMC = Duke University Medical Center; MFB = Medtronic Free-style Bioprosthesis (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN).