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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2169-2172
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Are older patients with mechanical heart valves at increased risk?

Roy G. Masters, MDa, Lloyd C. Semelhago, MDa, Andrew L. Pipe, MDa, Wilbert J. Keon, MDa

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Address reprint requests to Dr Masters, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y-4W7

Background. Controversy exists regarding the use of mechanical valves in older patients. Many authorities believe that the use of anticoagulants in the elderly is associated with an increased risk of warfarin-related complications. Therefore, we compared the results with mechanical valves in older patients to a cohort of younger patients.

Methods. Aortic (AVR) or mitral valve replacement (MVR) with a mechanical valve was performed in 1,245 consecutive patients who were followed prospectively. They were grouped by age (group 1, <= 65 years; group 2, > 65 years). The study groups consisted of AVR (group 1, 459 patients; group 2, 323 patients) MVR (group 1, 313 patients; group 2, 150 patients).

Results. The average age for the groups was: AVR (group 1, 51 years; group 2, 70 years; p = 0.03) and MVR (group 1, 53 years; group 2, 70 years; p = 0.03). For AVR the incidence of thromboembolism was 0.050 (group 1) and 0.038 (group 2) (p = 0.37) and the actuarial freedom from thromboembolism was 83.0% ± 3.0% and 86.5% ± 1.0%, respectively (p = 0.13). The incidence of bleeding after AVR was 0.021 for group 1 and 0.028 for group 2 (p = 0.49). For MVR the incidence of thromboembolism was 0.059 for group 1 and 0.051 for group 2 (p = 0.75) and the actuarial freedom from thromboembolism was 78.8% ± 3.0% and 75.4% ± 8.7%, respectively (p = 0.71). The incidence of bleeding after MVR was 0.020 for group 1 and 0.027 for group 2 (p = 0.62).

Conclusions. Mechanical valves perform well in selected older patients with no increased risk of bleeding or thromboembolism.




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