title: [Mitral valve plasty. A 12-year material].
abstract: 46 patients underwent mitral valve repair at the Regional Hospital in Trondheim/St. Elisabeth Heart Clinic, during the period 1983-95. There were 20 female patients. The valve pathology was ischemic in 40%, rheumatic in 10% and other or unknown in 50%. The surgical technique included commissurotomy (n = 9), ring annuloplasty (n = 18), resection of posterior leaflet (n = 12), Kay annuloplasty (n = 10), shortening of chordae (n = 3) and other techniques (n = 2). Postoperative complications included wound infection (n = 1), pneumonia (n = 1), mediastinitis (n = 1), pleural effusion (n = 5), renal failure (n = 1) and multi-organ failure (n = 1). One patient required re-exploration for postoperative bleeding. Three (6.5%) patients died within 30 days of surgery due to low cardiac output (n = 2) and multi-organ failure (n = 1). Nine patients (21%) died later. At follow up, within one year of surgery, marked functional improvement was registered, with only one patient in NYHA class III and none in class IV.
authors.affiliation: Hjerteklinikken St. Elisabeth Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saatvedt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haaverstad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karevold
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Drogset
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunnes
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Levang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Mitralklaffeplastikk. Et 12-årsmateriale.