Table 5.
Mitral Mechanical Valve-Related Complications According to the Type of Prosthesis
| Ball Valve (n = 37) |
Disk or Bileaflet Valve (n = 75) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditions | No. | Linearized Rate (95% CI) | 8-Yr Freedom, %* | No. | Linearized Rate (95% CI) | 8-Yr Freedom, %* | p Value |
| TE | 21 | 8.5 (5.3–13.0) | 50 ± 9 | 13 | 3.1 (1.7–5.3) | 81 ± 5 | < 0.0001 |
| Bleeding | 10 | 3.1 (1.4–5.3) | 80 ± 7.5 | 18 | 6.3 (4.1–9.2) | 75 ± 6 | 0.35 |
| Endocarditis | 1 | 0.3 (0.0–1.7) | 97 ± 3 | 3 | 0.6 (0.1–1.8) | 95 ± 4 | 0.49 |
| Periprosthetic regurgitation | 4 | 1.2 (0.3–3.1) | 90 ± 6 | 4 | 0.8 (0.2–2.0) | 94 ± 4 | 0.67 |
| Mitral valve reoperation | 3 | 0.8 (0.2–2.3) | 94 ± 4 | 4 | 0.8 (0.2–2.0) | 90 ± 5 | 0.99 |
| Any mitral valve complication | 27 | 12.3 (8.1–17.9) | 33 ± 8 | 29 | 8.8 (5.9–12.6) | 50 ± 8 | 0.03 |
Values are given as the mean ± SD.