title: Mitral valve repair. Quadrangular resection of the posterior leaflet in patients with myxomatous degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the immediate and late results of mitral valve repair with quadrangular resection of the posterior leaflet without the use of a prosthetic ring annuloplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using this technique, 118 patients with mitral valve prolapse who underwent mitral repair from January '84 through December '96 were studied. Age ranged from 30 to 86 (mean = 59.1 +/- 11.8) years and 62.7% were males. An associated surgery was performed in 22% of the patients, and coronary artery bypass graft was the most frequently performed surgery (15 patients--12.7%). In 20 (16.9%) patients other associated techniques of mitral valve repair were used and shortening of elongated chordae tendineae was the most frequent one (6 patients).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Immediate mortality was 0.9% (one patient). Long-term rates for thromboembolism, endocarditis, reoperation and death in the late postoperative period were 0.4%, 0.4%, 1.7% and 2.2% patients/year, respectively. The actuarial curve of survival was 83.8 +/- 8.6% over 12 years; survival free from re-operation was 91.8 +/- 4.3%, free from endocarditis was 99.2 +/- 0.8% and free from thromboembolism was 99.2 +/- 0.8%. In the late postoperative period, 93.8% of the patients were in functional class 1 (NYHA), with a complete follow-up in 89.7% of the patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with mitral valve prolapse who undergo mitral valve repair using this technique have a satisfactory prognosis over 12 years.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração of the Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pomerantzeff
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tarasoutchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grinberg
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stolf
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Puig
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verginelli
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jatene
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome