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Table 6 RHD Mitral and aortic valve lesions types stratified by isolated repair or replacement

From: A review of valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease in Australia

% all valve procedures (95% CI)

Isolated valve repair N = 74

Any valve replacement N = 1297

P value repair versus replacements

Mitral

   

Stenosis only

6.8

5.2

0.573

(95% CI)

(2.2 – 15.1)

(4.1 – 6.6)

Regurgitation only

54.1

19.0

<0.001

(95% CI)

(42.165.7)

(16.9 – 21.2)

Combined regurgitation and stenosis

14.9

29.8

0.006

(95% CI)

(7.7 – 25.0)

(27.3 – 32.3)

Aortic valve

   

Stenosis only

1.4

5.2

0.142

(95% CI)

(0.03 – 7.3)

(04.0 – 6.5)

Regurgitation only

9.5

12.3

0.462

(95% CI)

(3.9 – 18.5)

(10.6 – 14.3)

Combined regurgitation and stenosis

5.4

17.8

0.006

(95% CI)

(1.5 – 13.3)

(15.7 – 20.0)