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Cryolife Registry Demonstrates Positive Adult and Pediatric Long-Term Outcomes Following Heart Valve Implantation; Comprehensive Allograft Heart Valve Registry Tracks More Than 2,600 Patients for 10 Years Following Implantation.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 12-JAN-04
Format: Online - approximately 1159 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
CryoLife, Inc. , a human tissue processing and bio-surgical device company, announced updated results from its registry, tracking clinical performance of its cryopreserved heart valve allografts. Data from this registry is used to project long-term performance by actuarial statistical analysis(1). Results indicate 100 percent of pediatric patients and 98 percent of adult patients receiving human heart valves processed by the Company were reported to be free from thromboembolic (blockage) events for a period of ten years following implantation. These and other patient outcomes were detailed in the Company's CryoValve(R) Human Heart Valve Clinical Experience 2003 report, an annual publication tracking more than 2,600 patients receiving human heart valves processed by CryoLife for a period of ten years following the implant. The CryoValve Human Heart Valve Clinical Experience 2003 report is available on the Company's website, http://www.cryolife.com/ .

Additionally, 95 percent of adult recipients of heart valves processed by the Company were reported to be free from endocarditis, an inflammation of the lining of the heart and its valves, for ten years following...

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