Reduction in malignant @entity943 and appropriate shocks following surgical correction of bileaflet XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1165 @entity3538 @entity3454 @entity179 @entity2224 @entity943
BACKGROUND: Bileaflet @entity3454 ( @entity3454 ) can be associated with malignant @entity943 . It is unknown whether surgical correction alone of this mitral valve pathology leads to a @entity943 . METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 4477 @entity1 who underwent mitral valve surgery from 1993-2013 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Among these, eight @entity1 with bileaflet @entity3454 who had an @entity3538 ( @entity3538 ) in place both pre- and post-surgery were identified. @entity3538 interrogation records were evaluated for episodes of @entity1165 ( @entity1165 ), @entity2224 ( @entity2224 ), and appropriate @entity3538 shock therapy. RESULTS: Of these eight @entity1 , five had a malignant @entity943 prior to surgery. Data was available 4.6        2.9  years before versus 6.6        4.2  years following surgical intervention. Among these @entity1 , there was a reduction in @entity2224 (0.6 versus 0.14 events per- @entity1 -year pre- and post-surgery, respectively), @entity1165 (0.4 versus 0.05 events per- @entity1 -year pre- and post-surgery, respectively), and @entity3538 shocks (0.95 versus 0.19 events per- @entity1 -year pre- and post-surgery) following mitral valve surgery. CONCLUSIONS: We report a series of cases where the surgical correction of bileaflet @entity3454 alone was associated with a reduction in malignant @entity943 and appropriate shocks. These early observations merit further investigation involving larger cohorts to further evaluate the association between abnormal mechanical forces in @entity179 and @entity943 .
