title: [Long-term outcome of mitral valve repair of dystrophic mitral regurgitation].
abstract: Between January 1984 and December 1994, 130 patients underwent mitral valvuloplasty for pure dystrophic mitral regurgitation. There were 94 men and 36 women with a mean age of 61 +/- 9 years: 52 patients were in atrial fibrillation; 91% of patients were in NYHA Classes III or IV. At preoperative echocardiography, the regurgitation was assessed as Grade III or IV and classified using the Carpentier classification according to type I (dilatation of the annulus) or II (mitral valve prolapse); 95% of patients had isolated prolapse of the posterior leaflet, 3% had isolated prolapse of the anterior leaflet and 2% had prolapse of the two leaflets. After valvuloplasty, a prosthetic ring was implanted in 124 patients (95%). The early mortality was 3%; 5.3% of patients had early complications. All patients underwent control transthoracic echocardiography in the first postoperative week. They were reviewed with a second transthoracic echocardiography after a mean follow-up of 5 +/- 0.3 years and a cumulative follow-up of 657 years-patients. At the immediate postoperative echocardiography, 24 minimal residual regurgitations were observed; at long-term, 20 new mitral regurgitations developed, all mild without any clinical symptoms and 98% of patients were in the NYHA Classes I or II. At 10 years, the actuarial survival was 73 +/- 16%; absence of thromboembolic complications 95 +/- 3%, absence of reoperation 95 +/- 5%. This study confirms the efficacy of mitral valvuloplasty and the postoperative stability of repaired valvular lesions. These results suggest that the operative indications should be considered at an earlier stage.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, hôpital cardiovasculaire et pneumologique Louis-Pradel, BP Lyon-Monchat.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chatel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perinetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Gevigney
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montagna
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barraud
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jegaden
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mikaeloff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome