Analysis of survival and timing of non-lethal complications after mitral valve replacement with mechanical prostheses

The aim of the study. To study the structure of lethal and non-lethal complications with an analysis of survival and the likelihood of non-lethal complications after mitral valve (MV) replacement with bicuspid mechanical prostheses over a five-year period. Materials and methods. The data of 260 patients who were treated in the period of 2012–2014 were analyzed a surgical intervention was performed – isolated MV prosthetics with mechanical bivalve prostheses. Among the patients, there were 84 (32.3 %) men and 176 (67.7 %) women. The median age was 51.0 [44.0–55.5] years. Statistical analysis was carried out using IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 (USA). Results of the study and conclusions. According to the results of the five-year survival after MV prosthetics with mechanical prostheses, it was 86.6 %. At the same time, acute cardiovascular diseases (myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias) were the leading cause of death. Among non-lethal thromboembolic complications, acute cerebrovascular accident prevailed, it developed in 65.3 %. Among nonlethal hypocoagulation complications, nosebleeds were most often recorded – in 40.5 % of patients. The probability of developing non-lethal thromboembolic complications by the fifth year is 20.0 % vs 18.5 % in the first six months after prosthetics with mechanical prostheses. And the probability of developing non-lethal hypocoagulation complications by the fifth year is 26.8 % vs 6.1 % in the first six months after prosthetics with mechanical prostheses.