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(Circulation. 1999;99:655-658.)
© 1999 American Heart Association, Inc.

Clinical Investigation and Reports

First Redo Heart Valve Replacement

A 10-Year Analysis

Arjuna Weerasinghe, MRCP, FRCS; Maria-Benedicta Edwards, MPhil; Kenneth M. Taylor, MD, FRCS

From the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (A.W., K.M.T.) and the United Kingdom Heart Valve Registry (M.-B.E.), Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.

Correspondence to Arjuna Weerasinghe, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, London W12 OHS, UK. E-mail aweerasinghe{at}rpms.ac.uk

Background—The United Kingdom Heart Valve Registry (UKHVR) has recently completed collecting information on 52 659 heart valve replacements (in 47 718 patients) performed during the period 1986 to 1995 in the whole of the United Kingdom. Information stored in the UKHVR's computer database was used for this study. Factors affecting the time from first prosthesis to first redo prosthesis were analyzed and provided useful predictive information. The association between prosthesis-induced local pathological processes and redo valve size was investigated.

Methods and Results—This is a retrospective study of 43 301 patients (from among 47 718 in the database) undergoing single-site replacement of a diseased native mitral or aortic valve over a 10-year period from January 1986 to December 1995 in the United Kingdom. Of these patients, 1051 (2.43%) went on to have a first redo heart valve replacement. Valve survival analysis (Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier curves) was used to study the natural progression to the first redo heart valve replacement. Female sex and having a replacement at the aortic rather than the mitral position were both associated with a longer interval to the first redo operation. Regression analysis showed the size of the redo valve to be influenced by the interoperative time. This effect was more pronounced at the mitral position.

Conclusions—Females and patients having an aortic valve replacement exhibit a longer interval to the first redo operation than do males and patients having mitral valve replacements, respectively. The time from the first replacement to the first redo operation significantly affects the size of the first redo valve.

Key Words: prosthesis • valves • surgery

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