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Article Dans Une Revue European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Année : 2020

Continued follow-up of the free margin running suture technique for mitral repair

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OBJECTIVES: The free margin running suture (FMRS) technique was recently proposed to treat complex degenerative mitral lesions. Limited follow-up data are available. We evaluated the midterm reliability of this technique and the associated mitral valve parameters using rest/stress echocardiography. METHODS: One-hundred-eight consecutive patients at 2 European centres were included. Prospective follow-up was performed (266.1 patient-years, average duration 2.5 +/- 2.5 years). Echocardiographic scans at rest were obtained for all patients at hospital discharge and at follow-up. Stress echocardiography was also performed in 17 patients. RESULTS: There were no operative deaths. FMRS was performed through a right minithoracotomy in 86.1% of patients, with a robotic-assisted technique in 5.6% and through a sternotomy in 8.3%. Bileaflet disease was noted in 31.4%. One patient (0.9%) presented a 2+/4+ residual mitral regurgitation at discharge; lower-degree or no residual regurgitation was noted in the remaining patients. At the follow-up examination, 1 patient (0.9%) presented with a 2+/4+ mitral regurgitation. Coaptation length at discharge versus that at follow-up was 1.3 +/- 0.2 vs 1.3 +/- 0.1 cm (P = 0.13); the average transmitral gradient was 4.8 +/- 1.5 vs 3.5 +/- 0.9 mmHg (P < 0.001). In a subpopulation, follow-up echocardiography indicated that the average transmitral gradient at rest versus that at peak effort was 3.2 +/- 0.7 vs 5.1 +/- 1.3mmHg (P < 0.001), with no appearance of significant mitral regurgitation and marginally significant increases in pulmonary artery systolic pressures (P = 0.049). CONCLUSIONS: Data indicate effectiveness and reproducibility of FMRS, with stability of valve function at midterm. FMRS was also associated with promising outcomes in diastolic performance both at rest and during exercise.

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hal-03228835 , version 1 (18-05-2021)

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Alfonso Agnino, Ascanio Graniero, Claudio Roscitano, Nicola Villari, Antonino Marvelli, et al.. Continued follow-up of the free margin running suture technique for mitral repair. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2020, 58 (4), pp.847-854. ⟨10.1093/ejcts/ezaa122⟩. ⟨hal-03228835⟩
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