Abstract
During a period of 6 years and 5 months, a group of 26 men and 16 women between 53 and 80 years of age underwent combined coronary artery bypass and mitral valve replacement. All patients were catheterized preoperatively, and hemodynamic and surgical variables were noted. In accordance with the variables, operative mortality was evaluated and compared among subgroups.
Eight patients died, and the factors found to adversely change successful treatment were instability of ischemia, advanced New York Heart Association functional class, severe mitral regurgitation, associated aortic regurgitation, extensive coronary artery disease, the extent of left ventricular dysfunction as estimated by left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and ejection fraction, and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance. Prolonged operative time was also significant. The only variable that did not seem to influence mortality was the pathology type of mitral valve involvement.
Analysis of our data confirms the high risk of coronary artery by pass combined with valve replacement for mitral regurgitation reported by others, and it appears advisable at present to exercise caution in recommending combined coronary artery by pass and mitral valve replacement in patients with extensive coronary artery disease and advanced left ventricular dysfunction. Pre-and postoperative utilization of afterload reduction, with the use of circulatory assist devices, may prove effective in some patients, and deserves special evaluation.
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