Mitral Valve Repair Versus Replacement in Simultaneous Mitral and Aortic Valve Surgery for Rheumatic Disease Kenji Kuwaki, MD, PhD, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, MD, PhD, Kiyofumi Morishita, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Koyanagi, MD, Hisayoshi Osawa, MD, PhD, Toshiyuki Maeda, MD, Tetsuya Higami, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages 558-563 (February 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.015 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Freedom from cardiac-related death in mitral valve repair plus aortic valve replacement (MVP + AVR; solid line) and double valve replacement (DVR; dashed line) patients. No statistically significant difference was seen between the two groups. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, 558-563DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.015) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Freedom from mitral valve reoperation in mitral valve repair plus aortic valve replacement (MVP + AVR; solid line) and double valve replacement (DVR; dashed line) patients. A statistically significant difference (52% versus 76% at 12 years; p = 0.002) was seen between the two groups. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, 558-563DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.015) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Freedom from thromboembolism in mitral valve repair plus aortic valve replacement (MVP + AVR; solid line) and double valve replacement (DVR; dashed line) patients. No statistically significant difference was seen between the two groups. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, 558-563DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.015) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions