n | Mean age (years) | NYHA class IV (%) | Emergency surgery (%) | Five year survival (%) | Five year complication-free survival (%) | |
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*NYHA class III or IV. | ||||||
†For the patients of the better risk group. | ||||||
Survival and complication-free survival rates are expressed as mean (SD). | ||||||
NYHA, New York Heart Association. | ||||||
Cohn et al14 | ||||||
Valve replacement | 56 | 69 | 98* | – | 91 (5) | 81 (8) |
Valve repair | 94 | 65 | 89* | – | 56 (10) | 48 (7) |
Grossi et al15 | ||||||
Valve replacement | 71 | 68 | 55 | 25 | 57 (13) | 47 (14) |
Valve repair | 152 | 68 | 59 | 28 | 68 (9) | 64 (10) |
Gillinov et al17 | ||||||
Valve replacement | 85 | 67 | 60 | 29 | 36† | – |
Valve repair | 397 | 67 | 32 | 3 | 58† | – |