Table 1

Diagnoses in patients who underwent mitral valve replacement

DiagnosisNumber of patients
Congenital heart disease39
 Congenital mitral regurgitation (12)
 Congenital mitral stenosis (10)
 AVSD (complete 12, partial 5)
Endocarditis (bacterial 7, viral 1)8
 Normal mitral valve (4)
 Previous AVSD repair (2)
 Previous rheumatic fever (1)
 Marfan's syndrome (1)
Rheumatic fever2
Prosthetic mitral stenosis (first mechanical valve placed before 1987)5
 Original diagnosis congenital mitral stenosis (4)
 Original diagnosis viral endocarditis (1)
Total 54
  • AVSD, atrioventricular septal defect.