Frequency, predictors, and consequences of atrioventricular block after mitral valve repair - 02/09/11
, Rachid Zeghdi, MD a, Nicola D’Attelis, MD a, Alain Berrebi, MD a, Eric Braunberger, MD a, Alain Deloche, MD, PhD a, Jean Noel Fabiani, MD, PhD a, Alain Carpentier, MD, PhD aAbstract |
This study examines the incidence, predictors, and evolution of postoperative atrioventricular block (AVB) after mitral valve repair (MVR) in 115 consecutive patients using Carpentier’s technique (between November 1996 and April 1997). Postoperative AVB occurred in 27 patients (23%). Third-degree AVB was found in 7 patients (6%) in the immediate postoperative period, but in 4 it was transient, resolving partially or completely before the seventh postoperative day. Second-degree AVB (Mobitz type I) occurred in 4 patients (3%) immediately after operation and resolved in all before hospital discharge. Isolated first-degree AVB occurred in 16 patients (14%) and was permanent in 12. Neither the preoperative variables nor the mitral procedures including anterior versus posterior leaflet repair were related to postoperative AVB. A lesser systemic hypothermia during surgery was the only, modestly independent predictor of postoperative AVB (odds ratio 1.53; 95% confidence interval 1.04 to 2.25; p = 0.031). Three patients (2.6%) had permanent pacemaker implantation, on average 18 days after operation, and all had persistent third-degree AVB. With a mean follow-up of 3 years, no recurrence or worsening of conduction disturbances, no further pacemaker implantation, and no late deaths were observed.
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Vol 89 - N° 9
P. 1062-1066 - mai 2002 Retour au numéro
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