title: Mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation.
abstract: Our aim was to evaluate midterm results in patients who underwent mitral valve repair (MVR) for ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) in our most recent experience. From March 2006 to March 2008, 105 patients underwent MVR for IMR. Mean IMR grade was 2.6 +/- 1.1, with 46 patients having <or=2/4 and 59 >or=3/4. Five patients (4.8%) died within first month; Two-year freedom from death any cause was 85.5% +/- 3.8, freedom from cardiac death was 88.7% +/- 3.4. NYHA Class of the survivors was 1.3 +/- 0.6, with 3 patients in NYHA Class III. Freedom from death any cause and NYHA Class III-IV was 78.6% +/- 4.6. IMR grade decreased from 2.6 +/- 1.1 to 0.1 +/- 0.3 at the discharge and to 0.5 +/- 0.3 after a mean of 7 +/- 4 months, with no patient with IMR grade 3/4 or 4/4. MVR for IMR should be performed in patients with moderate-or-more IMR grade or when the MV is excessively dilated, to achieve good midterm results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Catania, Ferarrotto Hospital, Via Citelli 95124, Catania, Italy. calafiore@unich.it
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Calafiore
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Iacò
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contini
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bivona
authors.forename: Egidio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varone
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scandura
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Mauro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016896:Treatment Outcome