The main outcomes under scrutiny are:
- Hospital mortality.
- Long term mortality.
- Valve related events:
º TE.
º Bleeding.
º SVD.
º PVE.
º PPVL.
º Reoperation.
- Other cardiac events:
º CHF.
º CD.
º AF.
- Non-cardiac events:
º Pulmonary.
º Renal.
For these outcomes, it is useful to make a search for risk factors and independent predictors.
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