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Efficacy of Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty for Mitral Restenosis After Surgical Commissurotomy [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2004; 32(4): 203-207

Efficacy of Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty for Mitral Restenosis After Surgical Commissurotomy

Ümit GÜRAY1, Ayça BOYACI1, Yeşim GÜRAY1, Birhan YILMAZ1, Hatice ŞAŞMAZ1, Şule KORKMAZ1

In patients with mitral restenosis who had undergone a previous surgical commissurotomy, balloon valvuloplasty was thought to be little effective. The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate and long-term outcome of patients undergoing percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (MBV) with and without a previous closed mitral commissurotomy (CMC). Inoue balloon technique was used in all interventions. Fifteen patients with a previous CMC (CMC+) and 18 patients without CMC (CMC-) who underwent MBV were included in the study. 17.1±6.9 years passed between CMC and MBV. Atrial fibrillation was more common (66.7% versus 16.7%, p=0.005) and echocardiographic Wilkins score was higher (8.0±1.1 versus 6.7±1.1, p<0.001) in the CMC+ group. There were no differences (p>0.05) between mitral valve areas (MVA) and pulmonary artery peak systolic pressures (PAPSP) of the two groups. In the first post-PMBV day echocardiographic measurements, MVA rose from 1.12±0.18 cm2 to 1.73±0.15 cm2 (p<0.05) in the CMC+ group and from 1.05±0.15 cm2 to 1.88±0.28 cm2 in the CMC- group (p<0.05). Mean mitral gradient (MMG) fell from 10.8±3.2 mmHg to 4.4±1.6 mmHg (p=0.001) and PAPSP from 45.8±12.3 mmHg to 34.4±9.6 mmHg (p<0.05) in the CMC+ group and from 12.7±4.6 mmHg to 4.5±2.2 mmHg (p<0.001) and from 58.2±21.2 mmHg to 36.5±8.7mmHg (p<0.05) in the CMC- group. In the first annual control of patients, MVA was 1.58±0.13 cm2, PAPSP was 38.4±9.2 mmHg and MMG was 6.5±3.1 mmHg in the CMC+ group and 1.63±0.2 cm2, 39.1±10.6 mmHg and 6.1±1.9 mmHg, consecutively in the CMC- group. We believe, MBV after CMC seems to be an affective alternatif treatment. (Türk Kardiyol Dern Arş 2004; 32: 203-207)

Keywords: Balloon valvuloplasty, commissurotomy, mitral valve, restenosis

How to cite this article
Ümit GÜRAY, Ayça BOYACI, Yeşim GÜRAY, Birhan YILMAZ, Hatice ŞAŞMAZ, Şule KORKMAZ. Efficacy of Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty for Mitral Restenosis After Surgical Commissurotomy. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2004; 32(4): 203-207
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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