Mid-term echocardiographic results with different rings following restrictive mitral annuloplasty for ischaemic cardiomiopathy.
BACKGROUND
Despite restrictive mitral annuloplasty (RMA) being considered effective for chronic ischaemic mitral regurgitation (CIMR), few data exist on mid-term echocardiographic results with different prosthetic rings. Therefore, comparative echocardiographic analysis has been performed.


METHODS
Sixty-four consecutive coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) + RMA (downsizing by two-ring sizes; median size: 26 mm) for CIMR with a follow-up of at least 6 months were prospectively followed-up with serial echocardiograms (preoperative, discharge, 6 months, follow-up ending). Hospital mortality, follow-up clinical and echocardiographic results were analysed and compared between three groups (group A: semi-rigid band, 17 patients; group B: complete symmetric semi-rigid, 22 patients; group C: complete asymmetric semi-rigid, 25 patients).


RESULTS
Hospital mortality was 6.3%; 22.8 +/- 14.7 standard deviation (SD) months (range: 6-55) survival was 96.5 +/- 2.5%; freedom from re-intervention was 94.2 +/- 4.2%, from re-revascularisation 87.5 +/- 11.7%, from > or = grade-2 mitral regurgitation 58.2 +/- 9.8% and from heart failure (CHF) 71.6 +/- 10.5%. Recurrent (> or = grade-2) CIMR resulted in lower freedom-from-CHF (p = 0.0001), worsened New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification (p = 0.0001) and absence of reverse remodelling of the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD; p = 0.004), systolic diameter (LVESD; p = 0.014), indexed mass (LVMi; p = 0.005) and coaptation depth (p = 0.0001). Group A showed significant worse freedom from CHF (group A: 42.8 +/- 19.5% vs group B: 88.9 +/- 10.5% vs group C: 92.3 +/- 7.5%; p = 0.049) and from recurrent CIMR (17.4 +/- 13.8% vs 82.1 +/- 11.7% vs 94.1 +/- 5.7%, respectively; p = 0.0001). Complete rings decreased the hazard of recurrent CIMR (Physio = 0.141; Adams = 0.089). Higher NYHA during follow-up was found in group A (p = 0.002 for group B and p = 0.001 for group C) with a progressive reduction of trans-mitral mean gradient (p = 0.001), and a lower degree of reverse remodelling of LVEDD (p = 0.009 and p = 0.010) and coaptation depth (p = 0.040 and p = 0.002).


CONCLUSIONS
Recurrent CIMR correlates with absent ventricular reverse remodelling. Despite a higher trans-mitral gradient, complete rings achieve better results in the treatment of CIMR.
Cardiac Surgery Unit, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. frankono@libero.it
Francesco
F
Onorati
Antonino Salvatore
AS
Rubino
Domenico
D
Marturano
Eugenia
E
Pasceri
Giuseppina
G
Mascaro
Stefania
S
Zinzi
Filiberto
F
Serraino
Attilio
A
Renzulli
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling