[Mid-term results of triple valve operation].
From January 1995 to August 2000, 34 patients received the triple valve operation in our hospital. We evaluated the mortality, the cause of death, postoperative complications and mid-term results in these patients. Five-years'survival rate was determined by means of the Kaplan-Meire method.


RESULTS
Two patient died after operation due to cardiac failure and cerebral infarction. Postoperativery, all patients had anticoagurant therapy with warfarin sodium. Mean follow-up was 3.2 years (0-5.6 years). There was one late sudden death among 32 perioerative survivors. There were 3 episodes of cerebral infarction. The rate of freedom from cardiac event at 5 years was 79%. Overall survival rate at 5 years was 94%.


CONCLUSIONS
We obtained good mid-term results of triple valve operation. We recommend aggressive treatment for functional tricuspid valve regurgitation.
Tanaka
T
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Toyohashi Higashi Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan.
Hashimoto
M
M
Ishida
N
N
Manabe
H
H
Matsumoto
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*