title: [Surgery of mitral valve insufficiency. Results of 10 years].
abstract: From 1987 to 1996 we operated on 263 patients for mitral insufficiency. Multiple valve operations were excluded, with the exception of tricuspid reconstruction for functional regurgitation. The perioperative mortality was 3%, while the late mortality rate during a mean follow-up period of 3.5 years amounted to 2% per patient year and 1.7% if only cardiac causes were considered. The prognosis for patients with rheumatic, endocarditic and ischemic valvular disease was much worse compared to that for a degenerative cause. The latter group consisted of 209 patients with an operative mortality of 1.4% and a late mortality rate per patient year of 1.4% and 0.9% for cardiac causes only. Further analysis showed a significant prognostic improvement for patients with a preoperative ejection fraction of more than 60% and a repairable valve.
authors.affiliation: HerzZentrum Hirslanden, Zürich.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Egloff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laske
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siebenmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ritter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery