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Table 3 Mitral Valve Lesion and Reconstructive Techniques in Details

From: Mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation with Carpentier’s functional classification type II in elderly patients: a single center experience

Characteristics

Overall (n = 176)

Total Cohort (n = 176)

 < 70 years (n = 121)

70 years (n = 55)

p Value

Mitral valve lesions

    

Isolated anterior leaflet prolapse

48 (27.2)

29 (24.0)

19 (34.5)

0.1494

Isolated posterior leaflet prolapse

113 (64.2)

82 (67.8)

31 (56.4)

0.1751

Bileaflet prolapse

15 (8.5)

11 (9.1)

4 (7.3)

0.8725

Barlow’s disease

7 (4.0)

6 (5.0)

1 (1.8)

0.4367

Reconstructive technique

    

Resection & suture

112 (63.6)

84 (69.4)

28 (50.9)

0.0274

Artificial chordoplasty

54 (30.7)

31 (25.6)

23 (41.8)

0.0355

Folding plication

10 (5.7)

6 (5.0)

4 (7.3)

0.5059

Edge-to-edge repair

8 (4.5)

6 (5.0)

2 (3.6)

0.6906

Posteromedial commisuroplasty

4 (2.3)

4 (3.3)

0 (0)

0.3109

Mitral annuloplasty

176(100)

121(100)

55(100)

 

Ring

77(44)

49(40)

28(51)

0.1968

Band

99(56)

72(60)

27(49)

0.1968

Size of ring or band, median (IQR)

30(28–30)

30(28–30)

28(28–30)

0.0271

  1. Values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated
  2. IQR = interquartile range