title: [Mitral valve replacement with a bileaflet prosthesis: results of 112 cases].
abstract: We report 112 cases of mitral valvular replacement with bileaflet prothesis. The mean age is 40 ans +/- 3.4 years (9-74 years). 71 (65%) are men and 45 (35%) are women, the main éthiology of mitral disease is rheumatic fever (94.74%). The Saint Jude prothesis is implanted in 70.4% cases. The early post operator mortality is 1.8% it is related on low cardiac output. With a mean follow-up of 110 months, the late mortality is 5.5%. The survey is 97% at 5 years and 94% at 10 years. The rates of thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications are 6.3% and 9%. We report only one case of infective endocarditis. The rate of réintervention is 5%. By echocardiography the hemodynamic profile of bileaflet prothesis is excellent even with the small size.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Adultes Hopital La Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: Habiba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drissa
authors.forename: Faten
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: R Mohsen
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zaouali
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome