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Table 4 Prosthetic heart valve related complications

From: Mid-term follow-up and outcomes of patients with prosthetic heart valves: a single-centre experience

Complication

Valve type and position

Biological AVR

(N = 192)

Mechanical AVR

(N = 46)

Biological MVR

(N = 13)

Mechanical MVR

(N = 3)

MV repair ± annuloplasty ring

(N = 26)

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (N = 14)

30-day mortality

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Valve thrombosis

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (33.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Bleeding event

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Structural dysfunction

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Non-structural dysfunction—stenosis

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Significant PHV regurgitation with a change in NYHA

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

PHV infective IE

11 (5.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

PHV IE requiring re-do

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (33.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Re-do for altered PHV function

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

PHV related mortality

4 (2.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. MV: mitral valve, AVR: aortic valve replacement, MVR: mitral valve replacement, PHV: Prosthetic heart valve, mod: moderate, NYHA: New York Heart Association, IE: Infective endocarditis, re-do: re-operation