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BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Triple-valve surgery is a challenging and complex procedure with significant risk, even at centers experienced at performing such operations. The study aim was to investigate the early and late outcomes of this surgery, performed at a single center for the past 11 years. METHODS: A total of 45 consecutive patients (19 males, 26 females; mean age 69.42 +/- 12.72 years) underwent triple-valve surgery at the authors' institution between 2000 and 2011. The mean logistic EuroSCORE was 22.46 +/- 12.8%. The most common aortic valve pathology was calcific degeneration (40%), while the mitral valves were mostly rheumatic (31%) or degenerative (26%). The tricuspid valve pathology was functional regurgitation in 64% of patients. The aortic valve procedures were all replacements, while the mitral valves were either repaired (n = 20) or replaced (n = 25). The tricuspid valves were almost exclusively repaired (n = 43). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to highlight predictors of mortality. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was also performed. RESULTS: The operative mortality was 8.9% (n = 4). Survival at one, three, and five years was 91%, 85.5% and 66.4%, respectively. Morbidity was not particularly high: the incidence of all postoperative neurological complications was 13%, that of transient renal impairment was 18%, and pacemaker implantation 8.9%. CONCLUSION: The results of triple-valve surgery were considerably improved compared to historical reports. Early mortality was close to that occurring after less complex procedures, while late survival was comparable to that after single-valve surgery. It is believed that the best results are achieved by centers experienced in valve procedures. Compared to older studies, rheumatic disease was not the most frequent requirement for of triple-valve surgery among the present patients.
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Enfermedades de las Válvulas Cardíacas/cirugía , Implantación de Prótesis de Válvulas Cardíacas , Válvulas Cardíacas/cirugía , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Válvula Aórtica/cirugía , Inglaterra , Femenino , Enfermedades de las Válvulas Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de las Válvulas Cardíacas/mortalidad , Implantación de Prótesis de Válvulas Cardíacas/efectos adversos , Implantación de Prótesis de Válvulas Cardíacas/mortalidad , Mortalidad Hospitalaria , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Válvula Mitral/cirugía , Análisis Multivariante , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/mortalidad , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/terapia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Factores de Tiempo , Resultado del Tratamiento , Válvula Tricúspide/cirugíaRESUMEN
Further to your coverage of the recent UKCC consultative conference in Belfast on the new Code of Professional Conduct (news May 23), the point I wished to make about the role of lay members in professional conduct cases is that a strong induction programme will be needed for all those who will sit in judgement on such cases brought before the Nursing and Midwifery Council.