Volume-Outcome Association of Mitral Valve Surgery in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early surgery for severe primary degenerative mitral regurgitation is recommended, provided optimal outcomes are achievable. Contemporary national data defining mitral valve surgery volume and outcomes are lacking.

Objective

To assess national 30-day and 1-year outcomes of mitral valve surgery and define the hospital- and surgeon-level volume-outcome association with mitral valve repair or replacement (MVRR) in patients with primary mitral regurgitation.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter cross-sectional observational study used the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database to identify patients undergoing isolated MVRR for primary mitral regurgitation in the United States. Operative data were collected from July 1, 2011, to

SUBMITTER: Badhwar V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330833 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature