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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
There have been few relatively complete follow-up studies of long-term mitral valve function after Carpentier-type surgical reconstruction. Between January 1980 and May 1986, 148 patients underwent Carpentier reconstruction for mitral valve disease (43% degenerative and 30% rheumatic). Operative mortality was 5.4% overall (1.2% for isolated mitral reconstruction), and follow-up (mean, 26 months) was completed for all survivors. Five-year survival from late cardiac death was 90.0%, as was 5-year freedom from postreconstruction mitral valve replacement. Postreconstruction mitral replacement was needed in eight patients, in only five for failure of repair. Follow-up echocardiographic studies on 83.2% (104 of 125) of eligible patients showed 92.3% were free of significant (3+ or 4+) mitral regurgitation. Freedom from mitral valve replacement or recurrent severe (4+) insufficiency was 84.4% at 5 years overall, but was lower for the rheumatic type of mitral disease than for the degenerative type (71.6% vs. 88.3%). At 5 years, 95.2% of patients were free from thromboembolism without the necessity for long-term warfarin (Coumadin) therapy. At follow-up, 95.3% of survivors had improved to New York Heart Association Class I or II. The functional durability of mitral reconstruction and consistently high level of freedom from late endocarditis and thromboembolic and anticoagulant complications support the value of the Carpentier method of mitral reconstruction for mitral insufficiency, especially insufficiency due to degenerative disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0009-7322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
I97-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Child, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Endocarditis, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Methods, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Mitral Valve, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Mitral Valve Insufficiency, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Postoperative Care, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Thromboembolism, pubmed-meshheading:3409523-Warfarin
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term results of mitral valve reconstruction with Carpentier techniques in 148 patients with mitral insufficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, NYU Medical Center, NY 10016.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article