Previous Cardiac Surgery: a Predictor of Mortality in Aortic Valve Replacement?
Introduction: Previous cardiac surgery (PCS) is a risk factor for operative mortality in
pa-tients undergoing reoperative aortic valve replacement (AVR) and may be
influenced by the volume of patients in each center. The aim of this study
was to evaluate the results of AVR in patients with previous cardiac surgery
in a low volume cardiac center (400 cases per year).Methods: Between January 2006 and December 2016, 854 patients underwent isolated AVR
surgery at our institution. Of these, 70 had PCS. Propensity match (PM) was
per-formed to balance basal covariates. Operative mortality and survival
were the primary outcomes.
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
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