Impact of prosthesis-patient mismatch on late outcomes after
bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation
Abstract
Background and Aim of the Study: Negative impact of prosthesis-patient
mismatch (PPM) on long term survival after valve replacement has been
reported. However, the effect of PPM after bioprosthetic mitral valve
replacement (MVR) has not yet been well examined. The purpose of this
study was to investigate the effect of PPM on late outcomes after
bioprosthetic MVR for mitral regurgitation (MR). Methods: A total of 181
patients underwent bioprosthetic MVR between April 2008 and December
2016. After excluding patients with mitral stenosis and those with
incomplete data, 128 patients were included in the study. Postoperative
transthoracic echocardiography was performed for all patients and the
effective orifice area (EOA) was calculated using the pressure half-time
method. The effective orifice area index (EOAI) was calculated by the
formula: EOA/body surface area (BSA). PPM was defined as a postoperative
EOAI ≤ 1.2 cm2/m2. The characteristics and outcomes were compared
between the groups. Results: There were 34 patients (26.6%) with PPM
and 94 patients (73.4%) without PPM. Although proportion of males and
BSA were higher in the PPM group, valve size distributions were similar
between the two groups. There were no significant differences in the
in-hospital mortality and morbidities. Multivariable analysis showed
that PPM was an independent predictor of late mortality (hazard ratio
[HR] 3.38; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.69-6.75; p = .001)
and death from heart failure (HR 31.03, 95% CI 4.49-214.40, p
< .001). Conclusions: PPM after MVR for MR was associated with
long-term mortality and death from heart failure.