ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2014
A review of valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease in Australia.
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- Recent Advances in the Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Continuum.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Procedures for Bioprosthetic Valve Dysfunction in Patients With Rheumatic vs. Non-Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- The use of cardiac valve procedures for rheumatic heart disease in Australia; a cross-sectional study 2002-2017.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Article
- Follow-up and management of valvular heart disease patients with prosthetic valve: a clinical practice guideline for Indian scenario.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2019Article
- Medium-term outcomes of 78,808 patients after heart valve surgery in a middle-income country: a nationwide population-based study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2017Article
- Outcome following valve surgery in Australia: development of an enhanced database module.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- Outcomes after mitral valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease.Heart Asia · 2017Article
- Cardiac surgery in Africa: a thirty-five year experience on open heart surgery in Cote d'Ivoire.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2016Article
- A review of outcome following valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease in Australia.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2015Article
- Atrial fibrillation in the Indigenous populations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a systematic scoping review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2015Article
- Perioperative management of transcatheter, aortic and mitral, double valve-in-valve implantation during pregnancy through left ventricular apical approach.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundGlobally, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains an important cause of heart disease. In Australia it particularly affects older non-Indigenous Australians and Aboriginal Australians and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. Factors associated with the choice of treatment for advanced RHD remain variable and poorly understood.
methodsThe Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac Surgery Database was analysed. Demographics, co-morbidities, pre-operative status and valve(s) affected were collated and associations with management assessed.
resultsSurgical management of 1384 RHD and 15843 non-RHD valve procedures was analysed. RHD patients were younger, more likely to be female and Indigenous Australian, to have atrial fibrillation (AF) and previous percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty (PBV). Surgery was performed on one valve in 64.5%, two valves in 30.0% and three valves in 5.5%. Factors associated with receipt of mechanical valves in RHD were AF (OR 2.69) and previous PBV (OR 1.98) and valve surgery (OR 3.12). Predictors of valve repair included being Indigenous (OR 3.84) and having fewer valves requiring surgery (OR 0.10). Overall there was a significant increase in the use of mitral bioprosthetic valves over time.
conclusionsRHD valve surgery is more common in young, female and Indigenous patients. The use of bioprosthetic valves in RHD is increasing. Given many patients are female and younger, the choice of valve surgery and need for anticoagulation has implications for future management of RHD and related morbidity, pregnancy and lifestyle plans.
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