title: Results of mitral valve repair in rheumatic mitral lesions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We compared results for repairs of rheumatic pure mitral regurgitation (MR) and mixed mitral stenosis (MS) and MR during early and midterm time intervals.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed 173 patients (mean age 47.6 +/- 15.1 years; 64 males) who underwent surgery for rheumatic heart disease during the period from January 1998 to June 2008. According to transvalvular mitral gradient, 91 patients had pure MR (group MR) and 82 (47%) had mixed MS-MR (group MS/MR). Preoperative and operative characteristics, postoperative MR severity, operative mortality, and early and midterm survival were examined for each surgical group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preoperativley 153 patients (90.7%) were in New York Heart Association class III or IV. The most frequent pathology was leaflet prolapse (147 patients, 85.0%) and the most commonly performed procedure was annuloplasty (162 patients, 93.6%). Early mortality was similar for both groups (3.2% versus 1.2%; P = .621). The average duration of follow-up was 4.0 +/- 2.4 years (a total of 679.1 patient years). Logistic regression analysis results indicated that subvalvular repairs were related to mortality. There were no significant differences in early mortality rate, valve-related morbidity, or reoperations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Group MS/MR had more postoperative MR severity, and higher New York Heart Association class, but both groups had similar mortality and morbidity at the midterm survival point. Our results suggest that combined MS and MR repair can be performed as safely as pure MR.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fedakar
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasmazel
authors.forename: Onursal
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bugra
authors.forename: Sabit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarikaya
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Büyükbayrak
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baysal
authors.forename: Rahmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeybek
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology