30-day Surgical Mortality - Mitral Valve Repair
Mitral valve repair is a treatment for mitral regurgitation, the most common type of heart valve disorder. According to the National Institutes of Health, it affects approximately 6 percent of women and 3 percent of men. After 55 years of age, almost 20 percent of men and women have some level of mitral regurgitation.
Traditionally, surgeons have treated mitral valve disorders by replacing the diseased valve with an artificial valve. Artificial valves can be mechanical or can come from an animal donor. However, there are many advantages to repairing, rather than replacing, a diseased mitral valve.
Our program's success is demonstrated through our experience and our outstanding results. This level of dedication affords us the opportunity to offer patients with mitral valve disorders the best surgical care and a substantially improved quality-of-life, and enables us to avoid the use of blood thinners like Coumadin.
In the period from 2005-2007, 100 percent (n=0 on the graph) of our patients survived in the 30 days following surgery. Thirty days is the standard measurement for death rates after cardiac surgery.
Traditionally, surgeons have treated mitral valve disorders by replacing the diseased valve with an artificial valve. Artificial valves can be mechanical or can come from an animal donor. However, there are many advantages to repairing, rather than replacing, a diseased mitral valve.
Our program's success is demonstrated through our experience and our outstanding results. This level of dedication affords us the opportunity to offer patients with mitral valve disorders the best surgical care and a substantially improved quality-of-life, and enables us to avoid the use of blood thinners like Coumadin.
In the period from 2005-2007, 100 percent (n=0 on the graph) of our patients survived in the 30 days following surgery. Thirty days is the standard measurement for death rates after cardiac surgery.
*Data Analyses of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database - Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
About the Quality Data
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) database allows benchmarking of outcomes against similar programs in the United States at institutions that participate in the STS database. The data included here are replicated from the Data Analyses of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database for the period ending December 31, 2007.