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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:442-447
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease

Determinants of early decline in ejection fraction after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation

Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhila,*, Hartzell V. Schaff, MDa, Joseph A. Dearani, MDa, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MDa, Richard C. Daly, MDa, Charles J. Mullany, MB, MSa, Maurice E. Sarano, MDb, Thomas A. Orszulak, MDa

a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
b Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

Received for publication July 16, 2007; revisions received October 11, 2007; accepted for publication October 22, 2007.

* Address for reprints: Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhil, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. (Email: suri.rakesh{at}mayo.edu).

Objective: We sought to echocardiographically examine the early changes in left ventricular size and function after mitral valve repair or replacement for mitral regurgitation caused by leaflet prolapse.

Methods: Preoperative and early postoperative echocardiograms of 861 patients with mitral regurgitation caused by leaflet prolapse who underwent mitral valve repair or replacement (with or without coronary revascularization) were studied. Among the patients, 625 (73%) were men and 779 (90%) had mitral valve repair.

Results: The rate of valve repair increased from 78% in the first decade of the study to 92% in the second decade. At early echocardiography (mean, 5 days postoperatively), we observed significant decreases in left ventricular ejection fraction (mean, –8.8) and left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (mean, –7.5). The magnitude of the early decline in ejection fraction was similar in patients who had mitral valve repair and replacement. The decrease in postoperative ejection fraction was independently associated with a lower preoperative ejection fraction, the presence of atrial fibrillation, advanced New York Heart Association functional class, greater left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic dimensions, and larger left atrial size.

Conclusion: Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation results in an early decrease in ejection fraction, particularly in symptomatic patients with increased left heart dimensions.

Abbreviations and Acronyms LVEDD = left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD = left ventricular end-systolic dimension




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