Table 5 The cause of late death
From: Surgery of secondary mitral insufficiency in patients with impaired left ventricular function
Mortality | No of pts |
|---|---|
Total deaths (2 to 67 months) | 14 |
Progress of heart failure (3,4,6,16,31,34,56,67 months) | 7 |
Sudden death (9 months) | 1 |
Pneumonia with sepsis (25 and 27 months) | 2 |
Stroke (26 months) | 1 |
Intestine perforation, peritonitis (2 months) | 1 |
Cerebral bleeding (17 months) | 1 |
Unknown (30 months) | 1 |