Outcome After Mitral Valve Repair Or Replacement For Non-Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A System Review And Meta-Analysis
Abstract Background: Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a rather common valvular heart disease. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to compare the outcomes, and complications of mitral valve replacement (MVR) with surgical mitral valve repair (MVr) of non-ischemic MR (NIMR).Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched through Oct 2020. 4834 studies were reviewed, and only 20 studies enrolling a total of 21,898 patients with NIMR were included. Eligible studies were enrolling patients with MR and reporting early (30-day or in-hospital) or late all-cause mortality. For each study, data regarding all-cause mortality and incidence of reoperation and operative complications in both groups were used to generate odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs). Results: The pooled analysis showed that lower age, rate of women and incident of hypertension, significantly rates of diabetes and atrial fibrillation in MVR group than MVr group, no significant difference in rates of pre-operative left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) and heart failure. Subjects in MVr group is slightly less than MVR group. Replacement of MR has significantly increased risk of early and late mortality. Moreover, the rate of re-operation and post-operative MR in MVr group is lower than MVR group.Conclusions: In patients with NIMR, MVr procedure achieves higher survival and fewer complications than surgical MVR. Given these results, MVr surgery should be a priority for NIMR patients.