Reoperative valve replacement in patients undergoing cardiac reoperation: a report of 104 cases

To review the experience of reoperative valve replacement for 104 patients. From January 2002 to December 2009, 104 patients underwent heart valve replacement in reoperations, accounting for 2.92% of the total patient population (3557 cases) who had valve replacement during this period. In this grou...

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Published inChung-hua wai kʿo tsa chih Vol. 48; no. 16; p. 1214
Main Authors Zou, Liang-jian, Xu, Zhi-yun, Wang, Zhi-nong, Lang, Xi-long, Han, Lin, Lu, Fang-lin, Xu, Ji-bin, Tang, Hao, Ji, Guang-yu, Wang, Er-song, Wang, Jun, Qu, Yi
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 15.08.2010
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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Summary:To review the experience of reoperative valve replacement for 104 patients. From January 2002 to December 2009, 104 patients underwent heart valve replacement in reoperations, accounting for 2.92% of the total patient population (3557 cases) who had valve replacement during this period. In this group, 53 male and 51 female patients were included with a median age of 46 years (ranged from 13 to 72 years). The reasons of reoperation included 28 cases suffered from another valve lesion after valve replacement, 10 cases suffered from valve lesion after mitral valvuloplasty, 19 cases suffered from perivalvular leakage after valve replacement, 18 cases suffered from valve lesion after previous correction of congenital heart defect, 7 cases suffered from bioprosthetic valve decline, 10 cases suffered from prosthetic valve endocarditis, 9 cases suffered from dysfunction of machine valve, and 3 cases suffered from other causes. The re-operations were mitral and aortic valve replacement in 2 cases, mitral valve replace
ISSN:0529-5815