[Chronic aortic regurgitation with left ventricular dysfonction].
We studied fifty one patients (40 men and 11 women) under going valve replacement from 1990 to 2002 for aortic regurgitation and had left ventricular dysfunction. 45% patients were in class III or IV of New York Heart Association (NYHA). All patients were investigated by echocardiography (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] < 50%) - Peroperative mortality was 5.8% due to myocardial failure. 81.4% of survivors were followed duering a mean period of 24 months (rangis from 3 to 67 months) after valve replacement.
Jerbi
Sofiane
S
Département de Chirurgie Cardiovasculaire et Thoracique CHU Sahloul Sousse Tunisie.
Limayem
Faouzi
F
Kortas
Chokri
C
Hamida
Nabil
N
Mlika
Firas Aly Sinène
FA
Romdani
Noureddine
N
Ennabli
Kamel
K
D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*