title: [Chronic aortic regurgitation with left ventricular dysfonction].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chirurgie Cardiovasculaire et Thoracique CHU Sahloul Sousse Tunisie.
authors.forename: Sofiane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jerbi
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Limayem
authors.forename: Chokri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kortas
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamida
authors.forename: Firas Aly Sinène
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mlika
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Romdani
authors.forename: Kamel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ennabli
mesh_terms: 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*