PATIENTS AND METHODS:
A total of 265 patients were taken in this prospective study that came
to the hospital with NYHA Class II-IV symptoms and with Mitral valvular
heart lesions comprising of Mitral stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation
with Pulmonary Hypertension from period of July 2016 –July 2017.
A detailed clinical examination and investigations were done on these
patients and were categorized according to the study. All patients were
prepared and consented before surgery as per the protocol and
institutional ethical clearance was obtained before surgery. All of them
underwent Mitral valve replacement using St Jude’s mechanical valve
using cardiopulmonary bypass support (Figure 1).
A detailed clinical findings and preoperative values of the patients
were recorded over a structured proforma for all the patients.All the
patients are classified according to their age, sex, diagnosis,
preoperative and post-operative echo findings and results after surgery.
The results thus obtained are tabulated, analysed and conclusions drawn
thereafter.