Outcomes of Patients With Mediastinal Radiation-Associated Mitral Valve Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Circulation. 2019 Oct 8;140(15):1288-1290. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040546. Epub 2019 Oct 7.
No abstract available

Keywords: heart valve prosthesis; mitral valve stenosis; mortality; radiotherapy; transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / mortality*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / trends
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinum / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinum / radiation effects*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / mortality*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Mortality / trends
  • Radiation Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiation Injuries / mortality*
  • Treatment Outcome