Predicting immediate and late outcome after surgery for mitral valve regurgitation with EuroSCORE.

Background And Aim Of The Study: The European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation score (EuroSCORE) has been shown to be a valid tool for predicting immediate and late outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery. As evidence also suggests its value in heart valve surgery, this issue was investigated in a series of patients who underwent surgery for mitral valve regurgitation.

Methods: Data obtained from 180 patients who underwent mitral valve repair (MVRep) or mitral valve replacement (MVR) were reviewed, and the patients' additive and logistic EuroSCOREs calculated.

Quality of life after mitral valve repair.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Mitral valve repair for degenerative and ischemic mitral valve regurgitation has been shown to be a durable procedure. The study aim was to evaluate the quality of life of patients who had undergone mitral valve repair, and to compare it to that of an age- and gender-adjusted Finnish general population.

Methods: Among 130 late survivors after mitral valve repair, 109 (83.

Long-term outcome after mitral valve repair.

Background: Several studies reported excellent long-term results after mitral valve repair for regurgitation, however a number of patients still experience recurrent mitral valve regurgitation which requires reoperation. We have evaluated the long-term outcome of a consecutive series of patients who underwent mitral valve repair for regurgitation in an attempt to identify the risk factors associated with late failures.

Patients And Methods: One-hundred and sixty-four patients underwent mitral valve repair for ischemic and degenerative mitral valve regurgitation.

Predictors of postoperative mortality after mitral valve repair: analysis of a series of 164 patients.

Background: Mitral valve repair (MVR) has been shown to achieve good long-term results. However, this procedure is associated with relevant immediate postoperative mortality. The aim of this study is to identify those preoperative variables associated with an increased risk of 30-d postoperative death.

Pulmonary artery blood temperature at admission to the intensive care unit is predictive of outcome after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

Objective: To evaluate whether pulmonary artery blood (PA) temperature on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is predictive of postoperative outcome after isolated on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Design: A retrospective study on 1639 patients who underwent isolated on-pump CABG in whom PA temperature at admission to the ICU was available for review.

Results: Thirty-three patients (2.

Postoperative atrial fibrillation is a major cause of stroke after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

Background: Atrial fibrillation, occurring after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), has been suggested to be associated with the development of postoperative stroke. However, it is not clear what is the incidence of atrial fibrillation-related postoperative stroke, the timing of its occurrence, and the outcome. These issues have been investigated in a consecutive series of patients who have undergone on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (ONCAB).

Predictors of development of anastomotic femoral pseudoaneurysms after aortobifemoral reconstruction for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Background: The pathogenesis of anastomotic femoral pseudoaneurysms (AFPs) is still unclear. We have performed this long-term retrospective study of patients who underwent aortobifemoral reconstruction for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in order to better establish the long-term rate of AFP and to identify the predictors of its late occurrence.

Methods: The long-term outcome of 178 patients who underwent and survived aortobifemoral reconstruction for infrarenal AAA was reviewed.

Preoperative C-reactive protein and outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a predictor of early and late outcome after coronary angioplasty, but there is scant data on its impact on the outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: The predictive value of preoperative CRP was evaluated in a series of 764 patients who underwent on-pump CABG.

Results: During the in-hospital stay, 13 patients (1.

Does angiographic severity of coronary artery disease predict postoperative outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery?

Objective: It is not clear whether the severity of coronary artery disease as assessed on angiography has an impact on the postoperative outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).

Design: The angiographic status of 15 coronary arteries/segments of 2,233 patients who underwent isolated on-pump CABG was graded according to the following criteria: 1 = no stenosis; 2 = stenosis <50%; 3 = stenosis of 50-69%; 4 = stenosis of 70-89%; 5 = stenosis of 90-99%; 6 = vessel occlusion; and 7 = vessel is not visualized.

Results: Thirty-seven patients (1.

A retrospective comparative study of aortic valve replacement with St. Jude medical and medtronic-hall prostheses: a 20-year follow-up study.

Objective: To compare the long-term clinical outcome of patients who underwent aortic valve replacement with St. Jude Medical and Medtronic-Hall mechanical prostheses.

Design: From June 1978 to June 1982, 43 Medtronic-Hall and 48 St.