Clinical and Hemodynamic Performance of the Sorin Mitroflow Pericardial Bioprosthesis

The Mitroflow aortic pericardial bioprosthesis has been available worldwide since 1982, except in the United States, Japan, and China. The original prosthesis was designated model 11, and the model 12, introduced in 1991, was approved in the United States in November 2007. The current model Mitroflow LX is available on the worldwide market, except for Japan and China. The objective of this review is to document the clinical and hemodynamic performance of the Mitroflow pericardial bioprosthesis and to document the modifications of the Mitroflow LX model and the recently introduced calcium mitigation treatment of pericardial tissue.