title: Follow-up of patients undergoing percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy. Analysis of factors determining restenosis.
abstract: This study reports the clinical follow-up (13 +/- 1 months) of 100 consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy (PMV). Echocardiographic (n = 32) and cardiac catheterization (n = 37) data from this group are also included. Patients were divided into two groups by an echocardiographic score. PMV resulted in a good hemodynamic result (post-PMV mitral valve area, greater than or equal to 1.5 cm2) in 88% of patients with a score of 8 or less and 44% of patients with a score of more than 8. Eighty-eight percent of patients with a score of 8 or less (n = 57) were New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional Classes III and IV before PMV; at follow-up, 81% were NYHA Class I and 12% were NYHA Class II. There were no deaths; three patients underwent mitral valve replacement (MVR). Ninety-eight percent of patients with a score of more than 8 (n = 43) were NYHA Classes III and IV before PMV; at follow-up, 58% were NYHA Classes I and II. Seven patients who did not improve and were not surgical candidates died 3.8 +/- 1.2 months after PMV. Nine patients who were surgical candidates underwent elective MVR at 4 +/- 0.9 months after PMV. Repeat cardiac catheterization demonstrated restenosis in only one of 27 patients (4%) with a score of 8 or less. Mitral valve area after PMV was 1.9 +/- 0.1 cm2 and at follow-up was 2 +/- 0.1 cm2 (NS).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Unit Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Weyman
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors