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Predictors of failure following restrictive annuloplasty for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation
Martin Troubil1, Pavel Marcian, Marek Gwozdziewicz
1Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic. troubil@email.cz
Aim Of The Study:
We sought to determine the results of restrictive annuloplasty for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation.
Methods:
Hospital outcome and serial clinical and echocardiographic (preoperative, discharge, 3 months, 12 months, 24 months) follow-up assessments were analyzed in 87 consecutive patients with chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation having coronary artery bypass grafting. Persistent/recurrent mitral regurgitation was defined by grade ≥2 at discharge/during follow-up.
Results:
Hospital mortality was 5.7% and persistence of regurgitation was present in 8.4%. Mean follow-up was 24.4 ± 1.7 months and recurrent mitral regurgitation was observed in 32.4% patients. In multivariate analysis only anterior leaflet angle remained an independent predictive factor for regurgitation recurrence with cutoff 27° (sensitivity of 67% and specificity of 76%, p = 0.04).
Conclusion:
There is high occurrence of early and delayed restrictive annuloplasty failure, particularly in patients with increased anterior leaflet tethering.
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