The Impact of Age in the Immediate and Long‐Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty

Abstract

Age is an important predictor of immediate and long-term outcomes after PMV, particularly in patients with optimal mitral valve morphology. (

Acute and long-term follow-up results of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: a single-center study

“…As a difference from previous studies which were concluded that the predictive value of combined clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic parameters (7,12,14,21), we identified that only preprocedural MVA assessed by echocardiography is a significant predictor of immediate procedural results. Importantly, in the subgroup of patients with less favorable anatomy by echocardiographic score (score >8), who are often excluded from undergoing PMBV on this basis, we have shown that if PMBV performed by experienced operator, success of PMBV will be similar between patients regardless of MWS.…”

Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty beyond 65 years of age

“…In an earlier report an ECHO score > 8 was independently related to a worse immediate result of PMBV in a large cohort [2]. In a group of 44 patients with the age ≥ 75 years procedural success was greater in patients with ECHO score £ 8 although significance level was not achieved [26]. We have not found any data from the literature indicating that pre-procedure MVG predicts PMBV result in the elderly.…”

Over 10 years clinical outcomes in patients with mitral stenosis with unilateral commissural calcification treated with catheter balloon commissurotomy: Single-center experience

“…Fawzy et al, on the other hand, reported event-free survival rates at 10 and 13 years of 80 ± 3 and 74 ± 3%, respectively, in 493 patients in younger patients (mean age: 31 ± 11) [16]. Previous studies showed that age is an important factor [3,10,12,16,25,26], and, with respect to that, our study population was older than in those previous reports, and the long-term outcome seemed to be acceptable.…”