Clinical outcomes and management strategies for moderate aortic regurgitation in patients undergoing rheumatic mitral valve surgery.

ABSTRACT: Additional exploration is required to determine how to treat patients with moderate aortic regurgitation (AR) in rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. This study compared clinical outcomes in patients undergoing non-surgical treatment (NT) of aortic valve (AV), aortic valvuloplasty (AVP), and aortic valve replacement (AVR). This multicenter, retrospective observational cohort study included 338 moderate AR patients undergoing rheumatic MV surgery from January 2015 to January 2024. We followed up with patients for a median of 43.4 months. Furthermore, more-than-mild aortic valve dysfunction (AVD) in the follow-up period was our primary outcome. Our secondary outcomes were all-cause mortality and cardiac valve reoperation before discharge and during follow-up. We classified patients into thre

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12921292 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature