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Table 3 Late causes of death

From: Concomitant mitral valve surgery with aortic valve replacement: a 21-year experience with a single mechanical prosthesis

Cause of death

DVR(n =)

AVR+MVrep(n =)

p

Valve Related Mortality

33

5

NS

Failed Heart Transplant

0

1

 

Total Cardiac Deaths

54

9

NS

Total non-Cardiac Deaths

28

5

NS

   Pneumonia

10

2

 

   Metastatic Disease

11

2

 

   Renal Failure

2

0

 

   Pulmonary Embolism

2

0

 

   Septicaemia

2

0

 

   Alcoholic Cirrhosis

1

0

 

Total Deaths

82

14

NS