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OBJECTIVE: To assess the short- and long-term results of the use of streptokinase (SK) for the treatment of thromboses in cardiac valvular prostheses. METHODS: Seventeen patients with cardiac prosthetic thrombosis diagnosed by clinical, echocardiographic, and radioscopic findings underwent fibrinolytic treatment with a streptokinase bolus of 250,000 U followed by 100.000 U/hour. Short- and long-term results were assessed by radioscopy and echocardiography. RESULTS: Of the 17 patients, 12 had mechanical double-disk prostheses (4 aortic, 6 mitral, 2 tricuspid), 4 had single-disk prostheses (2 aortic, 1 mitral, and 1 tricuspid), and 1 had a tricuspid bioprosthesis. The success rate was 64.8 percent, the partial success rate was 17.6 percent, and the nonsuccess rate was 17.6 percent. All patients with a double-disk prosthesis responded, completely or partially, to the treatment. None of the patients with a single-disk prosthesis had complete resolution of the thrombosis. The time of streptokinase infusion ranged from 6 to 80 hours (mean of 56 h). The mortality rate due to the use of streptokinase was 5.8 percent and was secondary to cerebral bleeding. During streptokinase infusion, 3 (17.6 percent) embolic episodes occurred as follows: 1 cerebral, 1 peripheral, and 1 coronary. The rethrombosis index was 33 percent in a mean follow-up of 42 months. CONCLUSION: The use of fibrinolytic agents was effective and relatively safe in patients with primary thrombosis of a double-disk prosthesis. A fatal hemorrhagic complication occurred in 1 (5.8 percent) patient, and embolic complications occurred in 3 (17.6 percent) patients. In a mean 42-month follow-up, 67 percent of the patients were free from rethrombosis
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Adolescent , Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adult , Middle Aged , Streptokinase , Thrombosis , Heart Valve Prosthesis , Thrombolytic Therapy , Thrombosis , Cineradiography , Echocardiography, Doppler , Prospective Studies , Follow-Up Studies , Treatment Outcome , Echocardiography, TransesophagealABSTRACT
Objetivo - Avaliar os resultados hemodinâmicos e angiográficos tardios da valvoplastia mitral por duplo cateter-baläo, para tratamento da estenose mitral reumática. Métodos - Cinquenta e dois pacientes foram submetidos à avaliaçäo, sendo 84,6// do sexo feminino, com idade média de 21,9 anos. Oitenta e um por cento estavam na classe funcional I (NYHA), e 5,7// exibiam fibrilaçäo atrial, 18 meses após dilataçäo. Todos foram submetidos a estudo ecocardiográfico e cateterismo cardíaco com angiografia, 1 ano após o procedimento. Resultados - quarenta e seis pacientes (88,5//) exibiram, imediatamente após a valvoplastia, áerea valvar > 1,50cm². Em 6(11,5//), a área da valva mitral foi ó 1,50cm². Os casos em que se obteve área valvar ò 1,50cm², tiveram boa evoluçäo clínica, sem perda dos bons resultados hemodinâmicos e ecocardiográficos iniciais, incluindo o gradiente de pressäo diastólica mitral, as pressöes médias do átrio esquerdo e da artéria pulmonar e a área valvar mitral. Nos 6 casos em ques e obteve area valvar ó 1,50cm², 2 tiveram evoluçäo favorável, 2 foram redilatados, 1 aguarda tratamento cirúrgico e outro mantém-se em tratamento clínico a despeito do resultado hemodinâmico insatisfarório. Em 3 dos 52 casos (5,7), demonstrou-se, após o procedimento, a existência de comunicaçäo interatrial, em 2 sem repercussäo hemodinâmica, e, no 3º, com repercussäo, foi indicada a correçäo cirúrgica do defeito. A insuficiência mitral ocorreu em 16 casos (30,7//), sendo de grau + em 8 e de + a ++, nos demais, sem nenhum agravamento neste período evolutivo. Conclusäo - A valvoplastia mitral por duplo cateter-baläo é método eficaz para tratamento da estenose mitral reumática, havendo boa evoluçäo tardia, nos casos que apresentam área ò 1,50cm² imediatamente após a dilataçäo
Purpose - To evaluate the late hemodynamic and angiographic results of 52 patients who underwent mitral valvoplasty by the double balloon technique in the treatment of the rheumatic mitral stenosis. Methods - The mean follow-up was of 18 months and the patients had a Doppler-echocardiogram and cardiac catheterization one year after dilatation. Of the 52 patients 84.6% were femule and the mean age was 21.9% years. Eighty one percent were in NYHA class I whereas 5.7% had atrial fibrillation at the end of 18 months. Results Immediatly after valvoplasty 46 patients (88.5%) had a valvar area larger, and 6 (11.5%) smaller than 1.5 cm2 . The first group had a good clinical outcome with maintenance of the clinical, echocardiographic and angiographic results in the late followup, including the dyastolic gradient and the valvar area. Of the 6 cases with mitral area smaller than 1.5 cm2, 2 had a good clinical evolation, 2 were redilated, I was scheduled for surgery and the last one is under clinical management but with poor hemodynamic results. Three (5.7%) cases developed an atrial septal defect after the procedure, with hemodynamic repercussion in 1. Mitral regurgitation developed in 16 cases (+ in 8, +/++ in 8) without changes during the follow-up period. Conclusion - Double balloon mitral valvoplasty is a safe effective method in the treatment of the rheumathic mitral stenosis, and offers a better evolution in patients with a valvar area larger than 1.5 cm2 after the dilatation
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Humans , Male , Female , Pregnancy , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Catheterization , Mitral Valve Stenosis/therapy , Rheumatic Heart Disease/therapy , Angiography , Echocardiography, Doppler , Follow-Up Studies , Mitral Valve Stenosis/physiopathology , Rheumatic Heart Disease/physiopathology , Evaluation Study , Hemodynamics , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
Objetivo - Avaliar a valvoplastia mitral por duplo cateter-baläo como técnica alternativa näo cirúrgica para tratamento da estenose mitral reumática. Método - Duzentos pacientes foram submetidos ao procedimento, sendo 86,5% do sexo feminino, com idade média de 35,2 anos. Oitenta e um por cento estavam em classes funcionais III e IV (NYHA), e 4% exibiam ritmo de fibrilaçäo atrial. Quatro por cento foram submetidos à comissurotomia cirurgica prévia e 7% eram gestantes. Utilizou-se a técnica de dilataçäo com duplo cateter-baläo, após punçäo septal esquerda. Resultados - O procedimento foi realizado com sucesso em 89% dos pacientes. A área valvar mitral aumentou de 0,91 ñ 0,27 para 2,10 ñ 0,47 cm*, p < 0,001; ocorreu reduçäo do gradiente transvalvar mitral de 20,86 ñ 6,16 para 4,26 ñ 3,13 mmHg, p < 0,001; as pressöes do átrio esquerdo e do tronco da artéria pulmonar reduziram de 25,90 ñ 7,10 para 12,10 ñ 9,0 mmHg e de 36,47 ñ 12,93 para 24,56 ñ 9,98 mmHg, p < 0,001, respectivamente. Dos 21 casos com insucesso, em 19 ocorreram dificuldades com a técnica transeptal. Em 12, constataram-se graus distintos de derrame pericárdico, dos quais 6 exibiram sinais de tamponamento cardíaco. Os 21 casos foram operados, ocorrendo 1 óbito. O refluxo mitral aparece em 50 casos e aumentou em 8. Quinze destes casos, exibiram descompensaçäo clínica, dos quais 10 foram operados, 3 estäo sob controle clínico e 2 faleceram tardiamente. Conclusäo - A valvoplastia mitral pelo duplo cateter-baläo é técnica segura, com bons resultados, constituindo-se me procedimento terapêutico alternativo näo cirúrgico da estenose mitral
Purpose - To study the immediate clinical, echocardiographic and hemodynamic results Of 200 patients who underwent percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy (PMV) with double balloon technique. Methods - Two hundred patients were submitted to PVM for treatment of congestive heart failure secondary to severe mitral stenosis, between August 1987 to July 1991. Their mean age was 35.2 years, and 86.5% were female patients: 81% of them was in functional class, New York Heart Association (NYHAJ III or IV; 4% was in atrial fibrilation and 4% had previous surgical commissurotomy. Results - PMV was successfully performed in 89% of the patients. The mitral valve area, by pressure half time method, increased from 0.91 ± 0.27 to 2.10 ± 0.47 cm2, p < 0.001; the mean mitral gradient decreased from 20,86 ± 6.16 to 4.26 ± 3.13 mmHg, p < 0.001; the left atrium and mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased from 22.3 ± 7.1 to 11.9 ± 8.3 and 36.47 ± 12.93 to 24.56 ± 9.98 mmHg, p < 0.001, respectively. Complications related to transeptal technique occurred in 12 patients, which resulted in cardiac tamponade in 5 and death in 1. In 19 patients the punction of the atrial septum could not be performed. Mitral regurgitation (MR) immediately after PMV appeared 1 + or more grade in 50 patients, increased in 8 patients and remained unchanged in 11 patients. Ten patients needed mitral valve replacement in the first 48h after PMV, for treatment of severe MR. Conclusion - PMV prod uces excellent immediate results and can be considered an alternative to surgery for the relief of mitral stenosis
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Humans , Male , Female , Catheterization , Mitral Valve Stenosis/therapy , Mitral Valve Stenosis/etiologyABSTRACT
Procurando saber qual a evoluçao a longo prazo daqueles pacientes submetidos a comissurotomia mitral há mais de 14 anos, analisamos 100 pacientes, operados entre 1962 e 1975 e que tiveram seu acompanhamento no Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia. Muitos pacientes foram operados nesse intervalo, mas nao tiveram seu seguimento em nossa Instituiçao e nao foram considerados. Setenta e seis eram do sexo feminino e 24 do masculino, com idades variando de ll a 50 anos, com média de 30,8 anos. Sessenta e cinco pacientes foram reoperados, sendo que em 18 ocasioes realizou-se outra comissurotomia, em um fez-se a revascularizaçao, em um substituiçao da valva tricúspide; em 45 vezes a valva foi substituída (43 próteses biológicas e duas metálicas). O tempo médio entre a primeira e a segunda cirurgias foi de 13,6 anos. Nao houve óbitos na reoperaçao. Trinta e cinco pacientes continuam em evoluçao da primeirs cirurgia, com um tempo médio de 17,2 anos, com um mínimo de 14 anos e um máximo de 27 anos. Dez estao no grupo funcional I, 17 no II, sete no III e um no grupo IV. Desta forma, dos 100 pacientes iniciais, 52 ainda estao com suas valvas naturais, mostrando que, apesar de a evoluçao da doença poder levar a alteraçoes nas valvas operadas, a comissurotomia mitral consegue uma boa evoluçao a longo prazo.