Surgery for severe aortic stenosis with low transvalvular gradient and poor left ventricular function – a single centre experience and review of the literature

Table 4 Outcome in recent series

Author	n	EOA/EF	PtsCHD				Mortality
				Total	-CHD	+CR	-CR	+CR +CHD	-CR +CHD
Connolly [3]	52	< 0.9/< 35	62%	21%
Monin [5]*	136	< 0.8/< 35	40%	14%		5%	32%	11%	62%
Powell [8]	55	< 0.75/< 30	36%	18%	3%
Tarantini [9]	52	< 1.0/< 35	30%	8%
Monin [10]	30	< 0.8/< 30	43%	16%		8%	50%
Nishimura [15]	21	< 1.0/< 40	70%	14%		14%

EOA/EF effective orifice area (cm²)/ejection fraction (%), PtsCHD proportion of patients with coronary heart disease, Mortality:-CHD patients without coronary heart disease, +CHD patients with coronary heart disease, -CR patients with no contraction reserve, +CR patients with contraction reserve, periop perioperative, n number of patients, * multicentre study

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