Long-term outcomes and predictors of recurrent aortic regurgitation after aortic valve-sparing and reconstructive cusp surgery: a single centre experience

Table 4 Univariate and multivariate (Cox regression) analysis for recurrent late AR (> 2+)

Variables	Univariate analysis Murtivariate analysis
Variables	HR (95% CI) P - value	HR (95% CI) P - value
BAV	2.2 (0.75–6.7)	0.14
AVJ ≥28 mm	1.3 (0.42–4.1)	0.62
FMP FMR RZ Severe AR (≥3 +)	0.5 (0.1–1.6) 2.7 (0.92–8.0) 1.5 (0.39–6.2) 3.8 (0.24–61.7)	0.26 0.06 0.51 0.33
eH < 9 (mm)	4.7 (1.3–16.6)	0.01	5.1 (1.3–19.1)	0.02
Residual mild AR (+ 1)	13.9 (4.2–45)	0.0001	24.9 (5.6–120)	0.0001

AR aortic regurgitation, AVJ aortoventricular junction, BAV bicuspid aortic valve, CI confidence interval, eH effective height, FMP free margin central plication, FMR free margin resuspension, HR hazard ratio, RZ triangular resection, SI sievers

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