Transapical beating heart mitral valve repair versus conventional surgery: a propensity-matched study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Transapical Neochordae implantation (NC) allows beating heart mitral valve repair in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. The aim of this single-centre, retrospective study was to compare outcomes of NC versus conventional surgical (CS) mitral valve repair.

Methods

Data of patients who underwent isolated mitral valve repair with NC or CS from January 2010 to December 2018 were collected. A propensity score matching analysis was performed to reduce confounding due to baseline differences between groups. The primary end point was overall all-cause mortality; secondary end points were freedom from reoperation, freedom from moderate (2+) and from severe (3+) mitral regurgitation (MR) and New York Heart Association functional class in the overall population

SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9252130 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature