[Hemodynamic characteristics of the EMIKS disk artificial heart valves]

Analysis of the intracardiac hemodynamics have been made in 16 patients before and after making prosthetic appliance of the mitral valve EMIKS. The examination of the patients carried out 8.3 +/- 0.4 months after the operation showed that significant improvement of the intracardiac hemodynamics took place in patients with mitral valvular disease after the implantation of the EMIKS valves. With the cardiac output of 5.62 +/- 0.121/min the diastolic gradient with the EMIKS valves is 3.33 +/- 0.31 mm of M.C. and the effective opening area is 2.62 +/- 0.08 cm2.