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. 2009 Oct-Dec;24(4):485-9.
doi: 10.1590/s0102-76382009000500009.

Mitral valve repair in rheumatic patients with mitral insuficiency: twenty years of techniques and results

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff  1 , Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão, Osanan Amorim Leite Filho, Marco Antônio Vieira Guedes, Marcos Floripes da Silva, Max Grinberg, Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf
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Mitral valve repair in rheumatic patients with mitral insuficiency: twenty years of techniques and results

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff et al. Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 2009 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Mitral valve repair in rheumatic patients is still a challenge. The purpose of this study is to analyze the results of mitral valve repair in rheumatic patients in the Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Medical School.

Methods: Were analyzed retrospectively, between 1985 and 2005, 330 patients submitted to mitral valve repair in the Heart Institute of São Paulo. The mean age was 26.9 +/- 15.4 years and 57.6% were female. According do clinical evaluation, 39.5% of patients were in NYHA functional class IV. The most common techniques employed were bovine pericardial strip annuloplasty in 48.4% patients and Carpentier ring annuloplasty in 22.6%. Shortening of chordae (20%) and papillary muscle splitting (17.8%) were the most common associated techniques performed. Tricuspid valve repair (26.7%) and aortic valve replacement (27.2%) were the most common associated procedures.

Results: The hospital mortality was 0.9% (three patients), two of them in children with active rheumatic fever. Linearized rates of thromboembolism, endocardite, reoperation and late death were 0.2%, 0.2%, 3.5% and 0.5% patients-year, respectively. Actuarial survival in 20 years was 86.4 +/- 6.6%. Freedom from reoperation in 20 years was 30.3 +/- 11.1%.

Conclusion: Mitral valve conservative surgery in rheumatic patients is a feasible procedure with low operative mortality.

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