OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outcome of mechanical mitral valve replacement in children after up to 11 years of follow up. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of case records. Operative survivors underwent echocardiographic studies to define current haemodynamic status and prosthetic valve function. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS: All 54 children who underwent mitral valve replacement between January 1987 and December 1997. RESULTS: 30 day mortality was 20.3% and was associated with small valve size and supra-annular position. The actuarial freedom from the following events at five years (70% confidence interval (CI)) was: death, including 30 day mortality and transplantation, 68% (70% CI 62% to 75%); bleeding, 89% (70% CI 84% to 94%); non-structural valve dysfunction and reoperation, 92% (70% CI 87% to 97%). The incidence of endocarditis and thromboembolism was low and there was no structural valve failure. Event-free survival was 52% (70% CI 45% to 60%). Low weight, young age, and small valve size increased the chance of death or reoperation. On echocardiography, left ventricular dilatation and wall motion abnormalities were often observed. A high mean gradient over the prosthesis was associated with small valve size but not with length of follow up. CONCLUSIONS: With the use of mechanical prostheses for mitral valve replacement in children, the problem of structural valve failure is no longer an issue. However, the procedure is still associated with a high complication rate, both at surgery and during follow up, and should therefore be reserved for patients in whom valve repair is not technically feasible.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outcome of mechanical mitral valve replacement in children after up to 11 years of follow up. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of case records. Operative survivors underwent echocardiographic studies to define current haemodynamic status and prosthetic valve function. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS: All 54 children who underwent mitral valve replacement between January 1987 and December 1997. RESULTS: 30 day mortality was 20.3% and was associated with small valve size and supra-annular position. The actuarial freedom from the following events at five years (70% confidence interval (CI)) was: death, including 30 day mortality and transplantation, 68% (70% CI 62% to 75%); bleeding, 89% (70% CI 84% to 94%); non-structural valve dysfunction and reoperation, 92% (70% CI 87% to 97%). The incidence of endocarditis and thromboembolism was low and there was no structural valve failure. Event-free survival was 52% (70% CI 45% to 60%). Low weight, young age, and small valve size increased the chance of death or reoperation. On echocardiography, left ventricular dilatation and wall motion abnormalities were often observed. A high mean gradient over the prosthesis was associated with small valve size but not with length of follow up. CONCLUSIONS: With the use of mechanical prostheses for mitral valve replacement in children, the problem of structural valve failure is no longer an issue. However, the procedure is still associated with a high complication rate, both at surgery and during follow up, and should therefore be reserved for patients in whom valve repair is not technically feasible.
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