Mitral and aortic valve operations in Qatar

ABSTRACT

QATAR'S first aortic valve operation was performed at Hamad General Hospital on June 27, 1983, and the hospital's first mitral valve operation was performed a month later on July 25,1983. A computerized record of each cardiac operation, performed at the hospital, was utilized in the periodical revision and critical evaluation of the growth and development of the new cardiac surgery program in Qatar. In this report our experience in mitral and aortic valve operations, performed during the period between June 1983 to June 1988, is reviewed. During this 5-year period, there was a total of 82 mitral and aortic valve operations; the characteristics of these patients and the results of their operations are described in this retrospective study