Characteristics and longer-term outcomes of paravalvular leak after aortic and mitral valve surgery
Shah S, Alashi A, Pettersson GB, Rodriguez LL, Gillinov AM, Grimm RA, Navia J, Kapadia SR, Svensson LG, Griffin BP, Desai MY. Characteristics and longer-term outcomes of paravalvular leak after aortic and mitral valve surgery. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 157: 1785-1792.e1. PMID: 30414770, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReoperative cardiac surgeryLong-term mortalityRight ventricular systolic pressureGreater paravalvular leakMitral valve surgeryVentricular systolic pressureParavalvular leakLong-term outcomesLong-term survivalSTS scoreMV surgeryValve surgeryInfectious etiologySystolic pressureMultivariable Cox survival analysisGreater long-term mortalityAortic paravalvular leakMean STS scoreThoracic Surgeons scoreMild paravalvular leakVentricular ejection fractionCox survival analysisExcellent perioperative outcomesPerioperative outcomesPrimary endpoint