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Table 2 Indications for surgery, heart valve intervention (type and position) and follow-up data

From: Mid-term follow-up and outcomes of patients with prosthetic heart valves: a single-centre experience

 

N (%)

Indication for surgery

 

Aortic stenosis

199 (67.7)

Mitral regurgitation

33 (11.2)

Infective endocarditis

19 (6.5)

Other

43 (14.6)

Prosthesis/repair type and position

 

Bioprosthetic—AVR

192 (65.3)

Mechanical—AVR

46 (15.6)

Bioprosthetic—MVR

13 (4.4)

Mechanical—MVR

3 (1.0)

AVR and MVR (bioprosthetic)

4 (1.3)

TAVI

14 (4.7)

MV repair ± annuloplasty ring

26 (8.8)

TVR (with bioprosthetic AVR)

6 (3.1)

TVR (with mechanical MVR)

1(33.3)

TVR (with mitral valve repair ± annuloplasty ring)

3(11.5)

Follow-up

 

Baseline TTE

109 (37.1)

Annual TTE and clinical review

243 (82.6)

  1. AVR: aortic valve replacement, MVR: mitral valve replacement, MV: mitral valve, TAVI: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation, TVR: tricuspid valve repair, TTE: transthoracic echocardiography