TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitral Valve Repair vs Replacement in Patients with Previous Mediastinal Irradiation
AU - Pahwa, Siddharth
AU - Crestanello, Juan
AU - Bernabei, Annalisa
AU - Schaff, Hartzell
AU - Dearani, Joseph
AU - Lahr, Brian
AU - Greason, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/12/1
Y1 - 2022/12/1
N2 - Long-term outcomes of mitral valve surgery after mediastinal radiation therapy (MRT) are not well characterized. We analyzed long-term survival in patients who underwent mitral valve repair or replacement after MRT. From 2001 to 2018, 148 patients underwent mitral valve surgery at our institution after MRT for cancer. The association between surgery group and survival was assessed using Cox proportional hazards modeling, with propensity score adjustment to control for clinical and operative differences between groups. Mitral valve was repaired in 48 (32.4%) and replaced in 100 (67.6%) patients. The groups (repair vs replacement) were similar in age (62.0 vs 57.1 years, p = 0.10), gender (female n = 38, 79.2% vs n = 65, 65%, p = 0.08), chronic lung disease (n = 12, 25.0% vs n = 37, 37.0%, p = 0.19), congestive heart failure (n = 13, 27.1% vs n = 38, 38.4%, p = 0.20), but differed in atrial fibrillation (n = 17, 35.4% vs n = 13, 13.0%, p = 0.002), first cardiovascular surgery (n = 34, 70.8% vs n = 47, 47.0%, p = 0.006), and time since MRT (median 12, 7–27 years, vs 30, 19–37 years, p < 0.001). Long term survival was no different between groups in the unadjusted (p = 0.835) and propensity-adjusted (p = 0.645) analysis, and inferior to the expected survival of an age- and sex-matched population. Mediastinal irradiation negatively impacts survival in patients who undergo mitral valve surgery. The traditional advantage of mitral valve repair over replacement on long-term survival was not seen in patients with radiation associated mitral valve disease.
AB - Long-term outcomes of mitral valve surgery after mediastinal radiation therapy (MRT) are not well characterized. We analyzed long-term survival in patients who underwent mitral valve repair or replacement after MRT. From 2001 to 2018, 148 patients underwent mitral valve surgery at our institution after MRT for cancer. The association between surgery group and survival was assessed using Cox proportional hazards modeling, with propensity score adjustment to control for clinical and operative differences between groups. Mitral valve was repaired in 48 (32.4%) and replaced in 100 (67.6%) patients. The groups (repair vs replacement) were similar in age (62.0 vs 57.1 years, p = 0.10), gender (female n = 38, 79.2% vs n = 65, 65%, p = 0.08), chronic lung disease (n = 12, 25.0% vs n = 37, 37.0%, p = 0.19), congestive heart failure (n = 13, 27.1% vs n = 38, 38.4%, p = 0.20), but differed in atrial fibrillation (n = 17, 35.4% vs n = 13, 13.0%, p = 0.002), first cardiovascular surgery (n = 34, 70.8% vs n = 47, 47.0%, p = 0.006), and time since MRT (median 12, 7–27 years, vs 30, 19–37 years, p < 0.001). Long term survival was no different between groups in the unadjusted (p = 0.835) and propensity-adjusted (p = 0.645) analysis, and inferior to the expected survival of an age- and sex-matched population. Mediastinal irradiation negatively impacts survival in patients who undergo mitral valve surgery. The traditional advantage of mitral valve repair over replacement on long-term survival was not seen in patients with radiation associated mitral valve disease.
KW - Mediastinal irradiation
KW - Mitral valve repair
KW - Mitral valve replacement
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U2 - 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.09.002
DO - 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.09.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 34508812
AN - SCOPUS:85115956251
SN - 1043-0679
VL - 34
SP - 1197
EP - 1204
JO - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
JF - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
IS - 4
ER -