Should more patients be offered repair for mitral valve endocarditis? a single-centre 15-year experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the long-term outcomes of mitral valve repair (MVr) versus mitral valve replacement (MVR) in patients with native valve infective endocarditis (IE) at a centre with high-repair rates.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective single-centre cohort study. From 2005 to 2021, 183 patients with active or healed native valve IE were included. The primary outcome was long-term mortality. Patient status was last confirmed 31 March 2021. Secondary outcomes were post-operative MR, MV reoperation, length of post-operative intensive care stay and total hospital stay.

Results

85 patients (46.4%) underwent MVr and 98 (53.6%) underwent MVR. Follow-up was 98.9% complete. Mean follow-up time was 5.3 years with 17% of patients reaching a follow-up time of over 10 years

SUBMITTER: Ng Yin Ling C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523968 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature