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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Public Health
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Cardiac valvular disease is a significant global health concern.
  • Previous studies indicated poorer outcomes for female patients in nonvalvular cardiac surgery.
  • Limited recent data exist on sex-based outcomes in open valve surgery cohorts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if female sex is associated with increased in-hospital mortality after open cardiac valve operations.
  • To estimate the confounder-adjusted association between sex and in-hospital mortality.
  • To analyze sex-based differences in mortality across various open cardiac valve surgical procedures.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases (SID).
  • Inclusion of patients who underwent open cardiac valve surgery between 2007 and 2018 across multiple states.
  • Application of multilevel multivariable models to adjust for potential confounders and intrahospital practice patterns.

Main Results:

  • Analysis included 272,954 patients (39.73% female), with overall in-hospital mortality rates of 3.8% for males and 5.1% for females.
  • Female patients had a 41% increased odds of in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.35-1.47; P < .001).
  • Increased mortality odds for females were observed in aortic valve replacement, multiple valve surgery, mitral valve replacement, and valve surgery with coronary artery bypass grafting, but not in mitral or aortic valve repair.

Conclusions:

  • An association exists between female sex and increased confounder-adjusted odds of in-hospital mortality following open cardiac valve surgery.
  • Further research is required to elucidate the underlying reasons for these observed outcome disparities.
  • Future studies should incorporate granular patient- and surgery-specific data for comprehensive analysis.