Table 1 Preoperative characteristics of the 27 patients who underwent lifting mitral annuloplasty
Variables | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 43 ± 16 |
Male | 11 (41) |
Indication for surgery (≥ moderate to severe MR) and, | |
Systemic embolism with large vegetations | 12 (44) |
Heart failure with acute pulmonary edema | 7 (26) |
Septic shock | 3 (11) |
Persistent fever and positive blood cultures > 7 to 10 days | 1 (4) |
LV EF (%) | 64.4 ± 9.6 |
MR ERO (cm2) | 0.59 ± 0.30 |
Positive blood culture | 19 (70) |
Streptococcus | 11 |
Mitis | 4 |
Sanguinis | 2 |
Viridans | 2 |
Pneumoniae | 1 |
Gordonii | 1 |
Enterococcus fecalis | 1 |
Staphylococcus | 4 |
MRSA | 3 |
MSSA | 1 |
HACEK group | 3 |
Gram negative bacilli | 1 |
Valvular pathology | |
Native mitral valve | 26 (96) |
Myxomatous, prolapse | 10 |
Ruptured chordae | 9 |
Rheumatic | 4 |
Unclear, destructed by vegetations | 3 |
Status post mitral valve repair, elsewhere | 1 (4) |