Long-Term Results of Triple-Valve Procedure

• DOI: 10.1177/021849230601400112
• Publication Date: 2013-05-06T13:37:22Z
• Authors: Yoshimasa Sakamoto; Kazuhiro Hashimoto; Hiroshi Okuyama; Shinichi Ishii; Takahiro Inoue; Katsushi Kinouchi
• Keywords: Mitral valve replacement; Valve replacement

Triple-valve procedures are associated with high early and late mortality. We reviewed our experience in 25 patients who underwent combined mitral aortic valve replacement tricuspid repair or between 1979 2004. The mean follow-up was 7.8 years (range, 10 days to 24.5 years). age at operation 52 31 72 Four triple-valve 21 had double-valve annuloplasty. Perioperative mortality 20% 24%. Cumulative survival, calculated taking perioperative into account, 71% ± 10% 36% 15% 15 after surgery. Only 1 of 20 survivors required re-operation for prosthetic dysfunction. Double-valve annuloplasty offers satisfactory long-term survival freedom from thromboembolism re-operation.