CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY: Outcomes of Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement in Children

CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY: Outcomes of Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement in Children is organized by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

Release Date: Jan 01, 2019
Expiry Date: Jan 01, 2021

Accreditation: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™

Description:
Each STS CME activity in The Annals consists of a self-study test on an original article from one of the journal's major subject categories (Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology), a statement of the learning objectives and an evaluation of the activity.

Learning Objective:
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
• recognize that the diagnosis of complete atrioventricular septal defect is the most common diagnosis requiring mechanical mitral valve replacement in this series.
• identify that early mortality is associated with age of operation less than 2 years and concurrent other mechanical valve replacement.
• recognize that for those surviving >90 days after mechanical mitral valve replacement, transplant free survival is only 76% at 20 years.
• recognize that poorer long-term results are seen in patients who are less than 2 years of age at time of mitral valve replacement or received a non-bileaflet prosthesis.