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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998;115:1130-1135
© 1998 Mosby, Inc.

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE

Repair of nonsevere rheumatic aortic valve disease during other valvular procedures: Is it safe?

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario Valdecilla, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

Received for publication April 17, 1997. Revisions requested June 18, 1997; revisions received Dec. 8, 1997. Accepted for publication Dec. 9, 1997. Address for reprints: José M. Bernal, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario Valdecilla, E-39008 Santander, Spain.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the long-term performance of aortic valve repair, we analyzed the results obtained in a 22-year period in patients who underwent repair of nonsevere rheumatic aortic valve disease during other valvular procedures.
Methods: Fifty-three patients (mean 40 ± 11.6 years of age) with predominant rheumatic mitral valve disease had concomitant aortic valve disease in association with serious tricuspid valve disease in 25 of them. Preoperatively, aortic valve disease was considered moderate in 47.2% of the patients and mild in 52.8%. All patients underwent reparative techniques of the aortic valve (free edge unrolling, 44; subcommissural annuloplasty, 40; commissurotomy, 36) at the time of mitral or mitrotricuspid valve surgery. The completeness of follow-up during the closing interval was 100%, with a mean follow-up of 18.8 years (range 8 to 22.5 years).
Results: Hospital mortality rate was 7.5%. Of 49 surviving patients, 26 (53.1%) died during late follow-up. The actuarial survival curve including hospital mortality was 35.4% ± 8.7% at 22 years. For patients who underwent mitral and aortic valve surgery, the actuarial survival curve at 22 years was 32.3% ± 13%, whereas for patients who had a triple-valve operation the survival was 37.0% ± 10.1% (p = 0.07). Twenty-five patients underwent an aortic prosthetic valve replacement. Actuarial free from aortic structural deterioration and valve-related complications at 22 years was 25.3% ± 9.3% and 12.7% ± 4.8%, respectively.
Conclusions: Long-term functional results of reparative procedures of nonsevere aortic valve disease in patients with predominant rheumatic mitral valve disease have been inadequate at 22 years of follow-up. According to these data, conservative operations for rheumatic aortic valve disease do not seem appropriate.

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