Results of Randomized Mitral Valve Replacement with Mechanical Prostheses after 15 Years

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 611-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.D. Schulte ◽  
D. Horstkotte ◽  
W. Bircks ◽  
B.E. Strauer
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Bleeding Complications ◽  
Severe Bleeding ◽  
Mechanical Prostheses ◽  
Valve Thrombosis ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Between 1974 and 1976 150 consecutive patients (pts) were operated on for isolated mitral valve replacement (MVR). Björk-Shiley (BS), Lillehei-Kaste (LK), and Starr-Edwards (SE) (type 6210) prostheses were implanted at random. All survivors were prospectively followed by regular clinical examinations every 6 to 12 months for 15 years. The mean follow-up time was 14.8 years. A constant subjective improvement after 15 years was reported in 62% of pts with BS, 30% with LK, and 49% with SE. The cumulative 14-year survival rate was 0.62 ± 0.13 (BS), 0.56 ± 0.16 (SE), and 0.54 ± 0.15 (LK), respectively. Late mortality was due to thromboembolic events (n=3), bleeding complications (n=3), congestive heart failure (n=7), documented arrhythmias or sudden death (n=6). Thrombotic valve thrombosis (1 BS, 1 LK, 2 SE) required reoperations. Linearized cumulative rates after 14 years for thromboembolic complications were 14.2 ± 3.1 (BS), 15.8 ± 3.7 (SE), 24.3 ± 4.2 (LK). The cumulative risk of severe bleeding complications was not different: BS: 35.8, LK: 35.2, SE: 34.3. During the first years of observation no significant differences between these mechanical prostheses could be observed, however, after 14 years of long-term follow-up the cumulative event-free rates were more favorable for the BS prosthesis.

What Factors Should Be Considered to Improve Outcome of Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement in Children?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-374
Author(s):  
Mohamed F. Elsisy ◽  
Joseph A. Dearani ◽  
Elena Ashikhmina ◽  
Prasad Krishnan ◽  
Jason H. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Permanent Pacemaker ◽  
Early Mortality ◽  
Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis ◽  
Valve Size ◽  
Valve Thrombosis

Objective: To identify risk factors for pediatric mechanical mitral valve replacement (mMVR) to improve management in this challenging population. Methods: From 1993 to 2019, 93 children underwent 119 mMVR operations (median age, 8.8 years [interquartile range [IQR]: 2.1-13.3], 54.6% females) at our institution. Twenty-six (21.8%) patients underwent mMVR at ≤2 years and 93 (78.2%) patients underwent mMVR at >2 years. Median follow-up duration was 7.6 years [IQR: 3.2-12.4]. Results: Early mortality was 9.7%, but decreased with time and was 0% in the most recent era (13.9% from 1993 to 2000, 7.3% from 2001 to 2010, 0% from 2011 to 2019, P = .04). It was higher in patients ≤2 years compared to patients >2 years (26.9% vs 2.2%, P < .01). On multivariable analysis for mitral valve reoperation, valve size <23 mm was significant with a hazard ratio of 5.38 (4.87-19.47, P = .01);. Perioperative stroke occurred in 1% and permanent pacemaker was necessary in 12%. Freedom from mitral valve reoperation was higher in patients >2 years and those with a prosthesis ≥23 mm. Median time to reoperation was 7 years (IQR: 4.5-9.1) in patients >2 years and 3.5 years (IQR: 0.6-7.1) in patients ≤2 years ( P = .0511), but was similar between prosthesis sizes ( P = .6). During follow-up period (median 7.6 years [IQR: 3.2-12.4], stroke occurred in 10%, prosthetic valve thrombosis requiring reoperation in 4%, endocarditis in 3%, and bleeding in 1%. Conclusion: Early and late outcomes of mMVR in children are improved when performed at age >2 years and with prosthesis size ≥23 mm. These factors should be considered in the timing of mMVR.

Patient-Specific Approach to Mitral Valve Replacement in Infants Weighing 10 kilograms or less

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-312
Author(s):  
Kathryn Mater ◽  
Julian Ayer ◽  
Ian Nicholson ◽  
David Winlaw ◽  
Richard Chard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Somatic Growth ◽  
Mechanical Valve ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Mechanical Prostheses

Background: Mitral valve replacement (MVR) is the only option for infants with severe mitral valve disease that is not reparable; however, previously reported outcomes are not always favorable. Our institution has followed a tailored approach to sizing and positioning of mechanical valve prostheses in infants requiring MVR in order to obtain optimal outcomes. Methods: Outcomes for 22 infants ≤10 kg who have undergone MVR in Sydney, Australia, from 1998 to 2016, were analyzed. Patients were at a mean age of 6.8 ± 4.1 months (range: 0.8-13.2 months) and a mean weight of 5.4 ± 1.8 kg at the time of MVR. Most patients (81.8%) had undergone at least one previous cardiac surgical procedure prior to MVR, and 36.4% had undergone two previous procedures. Several surgical techniques were used to implant mechanical bileaflet prostheses. Results: All patients received bileaflet mechanical prostheses, with 12 receiving mitral prostheses and 10 receiving inverted aortic prostheses. Surgical technique varied between patients with valves implanted intra-annularly (n = 6), supra-annularly (n = 11), or supra-annularly with a tilt (n = 5). After a mean follow-up period of 6.2 ± 4.4 years, the survival rate was 100%. Six (27.3%) patients underwent redo MVR a mean of 102.2 ± 10.7 months after initial MVR. Four (18.2%) patients required surgical reintervention for development of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and three (13.6%) patients required permanent pacemaker placement during long-term follow-up. Conclusions: The tailored surgical strategy utilized for MVR in infants at our institution has resulted in reliable valve function and excellent survival. Although redo is inevitable due to somatic growth, the bileaflet mechanical prostheses used displayed appropriate durability.

scholarly journals Long-term follow-up of mitral valve replacement with Starr-Edwards prosthesis.

Heart ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
R S Barclay ◽  
J M Reid ◽  
J G Stevenson ◽  
T M Welsh ◽  
N McSwan
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Results of Valve Replacement Surgery with Mechanical Prostheses

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pellegrini ◽  
B. Peronace ◽  
E. Marcazzan ◽  
C. Rossi ◽  
T. Colombo
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Aortic Valve Replacement ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Replacement Surgery ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Mechanical Prostheses ◽  
Valve Replacement Surgery

The clinical study is reported of the results of heart valve replacement surgery with a new pyrolytic carbon tilting disc prosthesis manufactured in Italy. From March 1977 to January 1981, at the «De Gasperis» Cardiosurgery Center, this prosthesis has been implanted in 644 patients: 283 for mitral valve replacement, 240 for aortic valve replacement, and 121 for the replacement of both mitral and aortic valves. To have a sufficiently long period of post-surgery follow-up, we considered the results of 207 patients (124 cases of isolated mitral valve replacement and 83 cases of isolated aortic valve replacement), who underwent surgery consecutively from March 1977 to December 1979. The hospital mortality was 10.5% for mitral valve replacement and 4.8% for aortic valve replacement. All patients who were discharged from hospital, except 2, were subjected to clinical, electrocardiographic, phonocardiographic, ecocardiographic and radiological checks. The average follow-up period was approximately 20 months: clinical results were satisfactory. The probability of survival, expressed by actuarial curve, was, three years after surgery, 94% for patients who underwent mitral valve replacement and 97.5% for those who underwent aortic valve replacement. The probability of embolism was, three years after surgery, 8.5% for patients with mitral replaced and 5% for aortic. Even if further confirmations are needed the mortality rate and the probability of embolism related to this new prosthesis, are lower, over the same period of follow-up, than that found in the groups of patients who underwent valve replacement surgery, at the same Center, with Starr-Edwards and Björk-Shiley prostheses. The phonocardiographic and ecocardiographic characteristics of this new prosthesis were also investigated.

scholarly journals Long-term follow-up after mitral valve replacement in childhood: poor event-free survival in the young child☆

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 860-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfram Beierlein ◽  
Vera Becker ◽  
Robert Yates ◽  
Victor Tsang ◽  
Martin Elliott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Young Child ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Event Free Survival ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Mitral valve replacement with a pulmonary autograft: long-term follow-up in an infant

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 828-829
Author(s):  
Anne Moreau de Bellaing ◽  
Amel Mathiron ◽  
Yves Lecompte ◽  
Pascal Vouhé
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Mitral Valve Replacement ◽  
Pulmonary Autograft ◽  
Long Term Follow Up
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