To retrospectively analyze the ascending aortic diameter (AAD) changes in patients after mechanical aortic valve replacement (AVR).
Methods:
The medical records and echocardiographyreports in patientswho received AVR or bivalve valve replacement (BVR) in our hospital from 2000-01 to 2001-12 were retrieved, the retrieval conditions were as aortic valve structure must be mechanical and the follow-up echocardiography examination should be more than 9 years. The clinical information, pre- and post-operative 2-dimentional transthoracic echocardiographyreports were collected, the follow-up echocardiography periods were ≤3-year, 3-year9-year. AAD changes at different periods were compared. According to baseline AAD, the patients were divided into AAD
Results:
A total of 141 patients were enrolled form 595 echocardiographyreports which included 75 male, the patients were at the mean age of (45.5 ± 11.2) years with mean follow-up time of (7.59 ± 3.38) years. Compared with baseline level, the follow-up AAD was similar between ≤3-year and 3-year0.05; while the follow-up AAD was different between 6-year9-year patients,P