Abstract:Of 632 valvular heart disease patients 187 were operated on because of multivalvular rheumatic lesions. The operative mortality was 10.1% and late mortality 4.9%. Left ventricular dysfunction was the common cause in the early operative period. Prosthetic valve endocarditis and thromboembolism were the other common causes of mortality, 5.9% and 6.4% respectively. NYHA Class III-IV, pulmonary hypertension, ejection fraction less than 40%, aortic stenosis and elevated left ventricular end diastolic pressure were … Show more
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