title: Mitral valve reconstruction: eight years' experience in 531 patients.
abstract: Between January 1988 and June 1996, a total of 531 patients underwent reconstruction of the mitral valve for mitral regurgitation (MR) with or without mitral stenosis (MS). Of these patients, 423 (79.7%) were aged under 30 years. The cause of mitral regurgitation was rheumatic in 471 patients (88.7%). Combined lesion (MR + MS) was present in 296 cases (55.7%). Operative mortality rate was 5.1% (27 patients) and there were 11 late deaths. Ten patients have been reoperated on for residual MR. All surviving patients were followed up by physical examination and echocardiography; follow up was 93% complete. The actuarial survival rate at 84 months was 93.1% and event-free survival rate was 87.3%. We conclude that mitral valve repair in the young rheumatic population is feasible, the probability of reoperation is low, and the symptomatic relief is gratifying.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate