Key result
A review of 200 consecutive patients undergoing isolated mitral valvular replacement evaluated hospital mortality rates, which appear related to the type of mitral valve abnormality.
Why the study?
What are the survival and complication rates for patients undergoing mitral valve replacement versus repair for acquired valvular heart disease?
Cohort (n=200)
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What are the survival and complication rates for patients undergoing mitral valve replacement versus repair for acquired valvular heart disease?
Hospital mortality following mitral valve replacement appears to be primarily related to the specific type of mitral valve abnormality.
Pathology-specific mortality after mitral replacement may guide risk counseling; leaves open repair superiority in key subgroups.
Mitral Valvular DiseasePatients operated upon for mitral-valve disease may undergo valvular replacement or valvular repair. Valve function is more variable after repair than after replacement, adding another complexity of analysis of early and late results of the operations.Survival and Complication Rates for Devices Used for Mitral Replacement and for the Repaired Mitral Valve Hospital mortality rates. Special note of the hospital mortality rate is required, since it seems principally related to the type of abnormality at the mitral valve. A group of 200 consecutive patients undergoing isolated mitral valvular replacement in our unit was recently reviewed by . . .
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Kirklin et al. (1973) conducted a cohort in Mitral Valvular Disease (n=200). Isolated mitral valvular replacement was evaluated on Hospital mortality rates. A review of 200 consecutive patients undergoing isolated mitral valvular replacement evaluated hospital mortality rates, which appear related to the type of mitral valve abnormality.
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