Key result
Reoperative valvular surgery carries a 1.8% early mortality rate.
Design
Single-surgeon retrospective case series
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May support reoperative valvular surgery in experienced centers; hypothesis-generating from single case report and requires prospective validation.
Observational (n=111)
No
Reoperative valvular surgery can be performed with low early mortality (1.8%) when specific technical maneuvers are applied.
Najafi et al. (1995) conducted an observational in Reoperative valvular surgery (n=111). Reoperative valvular surgery was evaluated on Early (hospital--30 days) mortality. Reoperative valvular surgery (second to fifth open heart operation) resulted in an early (hospital-30 days) mortality of 1.8%.
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