[The effect of obesity on the outcome of surgical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis].

Introduction: Our objective was to investigate the effect of obesity on short-term complications and long-term survival after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for aortic stenosis (AS).

Material And Methods: A retrospective study on 748 patients who underwent SAVR for AS in Iceland 2003-2020. Patients were divided into groups based on body mass index (BMI): normal (18.

Improved long-term outcome of surgical AVR for AS: Results from a population-based cohort.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to determine changes in outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for aortic stenosis (AS) in Iceland over a 15-year period.

Methods: We included 587 patients who underwent SAVR for AS in Iceland during the period 2002-2016, with a total follow-up of 3245 patient-years. Short-term and long-term outcomes, 30-day mortality, and long-term survival (Kaplan-Meier) were analyzed.

[Early outcome of surgical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis in Icelandic females].

Introduction: Aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS) is the second most common open-heart procedure performed in Iceland. The aim of this study was to analyze the early outcome of AVR among females in Iceland.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study including 428 patients who underwent surgical AVR due to AS in Iceland from 2002-2013.

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment in a low-volume and geographically isolated cardiothoracic centre.

Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment is generally offered in large tertiary cardiothoracic referral centres. Here we present the indications and outcome of venovenous-ECMO (VV-ECMO) treatment in a low-volume, geographically isolated single-centre in Iceland, a country of 350 000 inhabitants. Our hypothesis was that patient survival in such a centre can be similar to that at high-volume centres.

Acute kidney injury and outcome following aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis.

Objectives: Most studies on acute kidney injury (AKI) following open-heart surgery have focused on short-term outcome following coronary artery bypass grafting. We reviewed the incidence, risk factors and outcome, including long-term survival, of AKI after aortic valve replacement (AVR) in a population-based cohort.

Methods: A retrospective review of 365 patients who underwent AVR for aortic stenosis during 2002-2011 was made.

Atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: risk analysis and long-term survival.

Background: We studied potential risk factors for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in a large cohort of patients who underwent open-heart surgery, evaluating short- and long-term outcome, and we developed a risk-assessment model of POAF.

Methods: A retrospective study of 744 patients without prior history of AF who underwent CABG (n = 513), OPCAB (n = 207), and/or AVR (n = 156) at Landspitali Hospital in 2002-2006. Logistic regression analysis was used to study risk factors for POAF, comparing patients with and without POAF.

[The outcomes of coronary artery bypass and aortic valve replacement in elderly patients].

Objective: To study the outcome of open heart surgery in an increasing population of elderly patients in Iceland.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study of patients (n=876) that underwent coronary artery bypass (CABG) or aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis in Iceland 2002-2006. Complication rates, operative mortality and long-term survival were compared between patients older (n=221, 25%) and younger (n=655, 75%) than 75 years.

[Aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis in Iceland 2002-2006: Long term complications and survival].

Objective: To investigate long-term complications and survival following aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) in Iceland.

Material And Methods: Included were 156 patients (average age 71.7 yrs, 64.

[Aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis in Iceland 2002-2006: Indications and short term complications].

Objective: Information on surgical outcome of aortic valve replacement (AVR) has not been available in Iceland. We therefore studied the indications, short-term complications and operative mortality in Icelandic patients that underwent AVR with aortic stenosis.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective study including all patients that underwent AVR for aortic stenosis at Landspitali between 2002 and 2006, a total of 156 patients (average age 71.