Five-year outcomes of mitral valve repair for leaflet prolapse at a medium-sized Norwegian university hospital.
Scand Cardiovasc J
; 58(1): 2379336, 2024 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-39049811
ABSTRACT
Objective. To evaluate patient characteristics and 5-year outcomes after surgical mitral valve (MV) repair for leaflet prolapse at a medium-sized cardiothoracic center. Background. Contemporary reports on the outcome of MV repair at medium-sized cardiothoracic centers are sparse. Methods. Patients receiving open-heart surgery with MV repair due to primary mitral regurgitation caused by leaflet prolapse between 2015 and 2021, without active endocarditis, were included. Clinical data, complications, re-interventions, mortality, and echocardiographic data were retrospectively registered from electronical patient charts, both pre-operatively and from post-operative follow-ups. Results. One hundred and three patients were included, 83% male, with a mean age of 62 years. All-cause mortality was 9% during a median follow-up time of 4.9 years. Re-intervention rate on the MV was 4%. Post-operative complications before last available follow-up visit at median 3.0 years were infrequent, with new-onset atrial fibrillation/flutter in 16%, post-operative MV regurgitation grade II or above in 17% and post-operative tricuspid regurgitation grade II or above in 14%. Conclusions. These data demonstrate that surgical MV repair for leaflet prolapse at a medium-sized cardiothoracic center was associated with low re-intervention rate and few severe complications. The presented results are comparable to data from surgical high-volume centers, indicating that surgical MV repair can be safely performed at selected medium-sized cardiothoracic centers.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Mitral Valve Prolapse
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Mitral Valve Annuloplasty
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Hospitals, University
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Mitral Valve
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Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Scand Cardiovasc J
Journal subject:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Norway